H
| Country | Germany |
| Ship Class | H-class Battleship |
| Builder | Blohm und Voss |
| Yard Number | 525 |
| Slip/Drydock Number | IX |
| Ordered | 14 Apr 1939 |
| Laid Down | 15 Jul 1939 |
| Displacement | 53,400 tons standard; 63,596 tons full |
| Length | 873 feet |
| Beam | 121 feet |
| Draft | 12 feet |
| Machinery | Twelve MAN 9cyl double acting 2-stroke diesel engines |
| Bunkerage | 8,700t diesel oil |
| Power Output | 165,000 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 30 knots |
| Range | 19,200nm at 19 knots, 7,000nm at 28 knots |
| Crew | 2,600 |
| Armament | 4x2x40.6cm 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 |
| Armor | 300mm main belt, 145mm upper belt, 220mm bulkheads, 365mm barbettes, 385mm turret face, 350mm coning tower, 50-80mm decks |
| Aircraft | 4 |
| Aircraft Catapult | 1 |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
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.
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| 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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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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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.