


SP13
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser |
Planned Builder | Howaldtswerke Kiel |
Planned Slip/Drydock Number | IV |
Projected Keel Laying | 1 Mar 1944 |
Projected Launch | 1 Jun 1945 |
Projected Completion | 1 Jan 1947 |
Displacement | 5,791 tons standard |
Length | 475 feet |
Beam | 45 feet |
Draft | 15 feet |
Machinery | Two MAN 6-cyl diesel engines |
Speed | 36 knots |
Range | 7,000nm at 17 knots |
Crew | 200 |
Armament | 3x2x150mm guns, 2x88mm anti-aircraft guns, 8x37mm anti-aircraft guns, 8x20mm anti-aircraft guns, 10x533mm torpedo tubes |
Armor | 25mm belt, 25mm deck |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
This article refers to a planned ship that was not actually built.
ww2dbaseSP13 was a planned Spähkreuzer 1938-class scout cruiser. The entire class was canceled in 1942.
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Last Major Revision: Sep 2020
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