West Germany
Operators
1966
Commissioned
Germany
National Origin
422
Complement
Type 440
Hull Class
1
Number-in-Class
FGS Deutschland (A59)
Ships-in-Class
Offshore Operation
Activities conducted near shorelines in support of allied activities.
426.5 feet
(130.00 meters)
Length
52.9 feet
(16.12 meters)
Beam
16.8 feet
(5.12 meters)
Draught
5,000
tons
Displacement
2 x Mercedes-Benz diesel engines with 2 x Maybach diesel engines driving 2 x Shafts; 2 x Wahodag boiler units feeding 2 x Wahodag steam turbines developing 16,000 horsepower to 1 x shaft.
Propulsion
22.0 knots
(25.3 mph)
Surface Speed
3,823 nm
(4,400 miles | 7,081 km)
Range
1 knot = 1.15 mph; 1 nm = 1.15 mile; 1 nm = 1.85 km
4 x 100mm /55 caliber main guns
4 x 40mm /70 caliber Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns in twin-gunned mountings.
2 x 40mm /70 caliber AA guns in single-gunned mountings.
4 x 533mm torpedo tubes on trainable mountings
2 x 533mm torpedo tubes on fixed mountings (deleted mid-1970s).