H

CountryGermany
Ship ClassH-class Battleship
BuilderBlohm und Voss
Yard Number525
Slip/Drydock NumberIX
Ordered14 Apr 1939
Laid Down15 Jul 1939
Displacement53,400 tons standard; 63,596 tons full
Length873 feet
Beam121 feet
Draft12 feet
MachineryTwelve MAN 9cyl double acting 2-stroke diesel engines
Bunkerage8,700t diesel oil
Power Output165,000 shaft horsepower
Speed30 knots
Range19,200nm at 19 knots, 7,000nm at 28 knots
Crew2,600
Armament4x2x40.6cm SK C/34 guns, 6x2x15cm L/55 C28 guns, 16x2x10.5cm L/65 C33 anti-aircraft guns, 8x2x3.7cm L/83 C33 anti-aircraft guns, 6x4x2cm C38 anti-aircraft guns, 6x53.3cm submerged bow torpedo tubes
Armor300mm main belt, 145mm upper belt, 220mm bulkheads, 365mm barbettes, 385mm turret face, 350mm coning tower, 50-80mm decks
Aircraft4
Aircraft Catapult1

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ww2dbaseBattleship H, a fast battleship designed to be 277.8 meters (911 feet and 5 inches) long and displacing 53,400 tons, was laid down in Slip IX of the Blohm und Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in Jul 1939, before the outbreak of the European War. The slip was the same one that had built battleship Bismarck, launched five months prior. H was projected to be launched in mid 1941 and projected to be commissioned into service in late 1943, but work came to a halt on 30 Sep 1939 when other war demands were prioritized over battleship construction. She was ultimately canceled by the High Command of the German Navy in Nov 1941. At that time, 800 tons of steel had been installed, and an additional 3,500 tons of steel had been machined; most of the metal were recovered and redirected for other war related purposes.

ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia

Last Major Revision: Nov 2022

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Battleship H under construction at the Blohm und Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, 28 Jul 1939

H Operational Timeline

14 Apr 1939 The construction of battleship H was ordered.
15 Jul 1939 The keel of battleship H was laid down at the Blohm und Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany.
30 Sep 1939 The construction of battleship H was suspended.




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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. hiro says:
31 Mar 2021 08:39:31 AM

please fix here and on page
https://ww2db.com/ship.php?list=B
NO "date launched" for a ship not built. simply write not lauanched and on list be one line "6 class h and 3 class o" were not launched. or remove launch column and replace with " active" and these 9 not active and all nine on one page with schedule dates for all.
2. Commenter identity confirmed C. Peter Chen says:
31 Mar 2021 09:57:04 AM

Thank you for your comment Hiro.

On https://ww2db.com/ship.php?list=B, the language we used is "Projected, not actual" to indicate that the launch date is only a planned date. We did not use the "date launched" phrasing on that page.

If there is something else that causes confusion, we will be happy to look further into it. Thanks!

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