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Name of the ship Admiral Hipper Blücher Prinz Eugen
Builder Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Deutsche Werke, Kiel Krupp-Germania Werft, Kiel
Builder's number 501 246 564
Contract placed 30. October 1934 30. October 1934 16. November 1935
Laid down 6. July 1935 15. August 1936 23. April 1936
Launched 6. February 1937 8. June 1937 22. August 1938
Commissioned 29. April 1939 20. September 1939 1. August 1940
Disposition      
Displacement
Standard Displacement 14.247 metric tons 14.475 metric tons 16.277 metric tons
Maximum Displacement 18.600 metric tons 18.694 metric tons 19.042 metric tons
Dimensions and Construction Details
Length, waterline 194,2 meter 194,2 meter 199,5 meter
Length overall, bef. conversion 205,9 meter 205,9 meter 207,7 meter
Length waterline, aft. conversion 194,6 meter 194,6 meter 199,5 meter
Length overall, after conversion 208,0 meter 208,0 meter 212,5 meter
Beam 21,3 meter 21,3 meter 21,9 meter
Designed draught 5,83 meter 5,83 meter 6,37 meter
Maximum draught 7,74 meter 7,74 meter 7,95 meter
Height of side (measured from keel top edge to upper deck) 12,45 meter 12,45 meter 12,45 meter
Watertight compartments XIV XIV XIV
Propulsion
Shafts 3 3 3
Engines (Turbines) 3 Blohm & Voss 3 Blohm & Voss 3 Germaniawerft
Machinery output 132.000 shp 132.000 shp 136.000 shp
Speed 32,5 knots 32,5 knots 33,5 knots
Range 6.800 naut. miles at 19 knots 6.800 naut. miles at 19 knots 7.850 naut. miles at 19 knots
6.500 naut. miles at 17 knots 6.100 naut. miles at 15 knots
3.000 naut. miles at 30 knots
Bunkers 3.050 m3, later 3.700 m3 About 4.320 m3 3.250 m3, later 3.400 m3
Armour
Belt 80 mm (max) 80 mm (max) 80 mm (max)
Deck 40 mm (max) 45 mm (max) 45 mm (max)
Main Turrets 170 mm (max) 170 mm (max) 170 mm (max)
Barbettes 125 mm 125 mm 125 mm
Conning tower 150 mm 150 mm 150 mm
Armament
Main armament 8 x 20,3 cm SK L/60 C34 8 x 20,3 cm SK L/60 C34 8 x 20,3 cm SK L/60 C34
Heavy flak 12 x 10,5 cm SK L/65 C33 12 x 10,5 cm SK L/65 C33 12 x 10,5 cm SK L/65 C33
Medium flak 12 x 3,7 cm Flak L/83 C30 12 x 3,7 cm Flak L/83 C30 12 x 3,7 cm Flak L/83 C30
Light flak 8 x 2,0 cm Flak L/65 C30 8 x 2,0 cm Flak L/65 C30 8 x 2,0 cm Flak L/65 C30
Torpedo battery 4 x 53,3 cm triple tubes 4 x 53,3 cm triple tubes 4 x 53,3 cm triple tubes
Note: The figures for light flak above on Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen represents the orignal numbers and types installed. It was changed during the war.
Aircraft
Catapult 1 1 1
Aircraft 3 x Arado Ar196 3 x Arado Ar196 3 x Arado Ar196
Fire Direction
10,5 m Rangefinder 4 4 4
7 m Rangefinder 1 1 1
3 m Rangefinder 2 2 2
SL 4 (from 1935) 3 3
SL 2 (from 1935) 2
Radar Equipment
Seetakt FuMG 39 (from 1937) 1 (later converted to FuMO 22)
FuMO 22 1 (later 2) 1 (later replaced by FuMO 27) 1
FuMO 26 1
FuMO 27 (later 1)
FUMB 7 TIMOR 1 (between January 1942 and March 1944) 1
FuMB 4 Sumatra 4
Equipment
Searchlights, (triaxially stabilised and directed centrally) 5 5 5
Cranes 2 2 2
Ship's boats 10 (unclear if all was present) 10 (unclear if all was present) 10
Anchors 3 bow, 1 stern 3 bow, 1 stern 3 bow, 1 stern. From summer 1942 the stem anchor was removed.
Complement
Ship's company (10 divisions):
Complement, generally 42-51 officers and 1340-1548 men
Complement, during the war Varied depending upon operational deployment and number of light anti-aircraft carried etc.


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