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| A 59 DEUTSCHLAND |
| "Deutschland-class". Builders: Nobiskrug, Rendsburg. Displacement, tons: 5 685 full load Dimensions, feet (metres): 453'3" x 52'5" x 19' (138,20 x 16,00 x 5.80) Guns: 4-3.9 in (100 mm) 55 (single Mod 1954); 6—40 mm (2 twin, 2 single) A/S weapons: 2 Bofors 4-barrel rocket launchers; 4—21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes Torpedo tubes: 2—21 in (533 mm) (surface targets) Mines: Laying capacity. Main engines: 8000 bhp MTU diesels (2 Daimler-Benz and 2 Maybach); 2 shafts with vp propellers; 8 400 shp double reduction geared turbines; 1 shaft. Boilers: 2 Wahodag; 768 psi (54 km1'cm2); 870°F (465°C) Speed, knots: 22 (3 shafts); 17 (2 shafts) 14 economical (1 shaft) Oil fuel, tons: 230 furnace; 410 diesel Range, miles: 6 000 at 17 knots Complement: 513 (25 officers, 238 men, 250 cadets) Electronics: HSA fire control for Bofors A/S launchers and torpedoes. Radar: All by Hollandse Signaalapparaten. Navigation/surface warning: SGR 103, 105, 114. Air warning: One LW-02/3 Target designator: One DA 02. Fire control: Two M 45 series (M2/2; M4). Sonar: One ELAC 1BV hull-mounted set. First West German naval ship to exceed the post-war limit of 3000 tons. Designed with armament and machinery of different types for training purposes. The name originally planned for this ship was Berlin. Ordered in 1956. Laid down in 1959 and launched 5 November 1960. Carried out her first machinery sea trials on 15 January 1963.
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