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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Graf Spee (ex-Flamingo)	F215		Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK	5.1938	18.4.1939	12.1939 // 21.2.1959	stricken 7.1964

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1300
Displacement full, t	1945
Length, m	91.3
Breadth, m	11.4
Draught, m	3.33 - 3.56 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	4300
Max speed, kts	19.75
Fuel, t	oil 428
Endurance, nm(kts)	3200(12)
Armament	3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk 7, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (110)
Electronic equipment	type 271, type 285, type 286 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement	180

Standard scale images

Project history

British Black Swan class sloop, purchased in 1957, renamed and designated Type 138.

Modernizations

1961: new armament and sensors consisted of 2 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 106, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (110), KH-14 radar, type 144 sonar

Naval service

Graf Spee was used for cadet training.