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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Scharnhorst (ex-Mermaid)	F213		Denny, Dumbarton, UK	9.1942	11.11.1943	5.1943 // 28.5.1959	stricken 3.1968
Hipper (ex-Actaeon)	F214		Thornycroft, Woolston, UK	5.1944	25.7.1945	7.1946 // 10.1.1959	stricken 7.1964
Scheer (ex-Hart)	F216		A. Stephens, Linthouse, UK	3.1942	7.7.1943	12.1943 // 21.5.1959	stricken 12.1967

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1490
Displacement full, t	1950
Length, m	86.3 pp 91.3 oa
Breadth, m	11.7
Draught, m	3.50 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	F213: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers F214, 216: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	4300
Max speed, kts	18.2
Fuel, t	oil 440
Endurance, nm(kts)	3200(12)
Armament	F213, 216: 3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (110) F214: 3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (110)
Electronic equipment	type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement	192

Standard scale images

Project history

British 'modified Black Swan' class sloops, purchased in 1957, renamed and designated Type 138.

Modernizations

1961, Hipper: new armament and sensors consisted of 2 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 106, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, 60 mines, KH-14/9 radar

1962, Scharnhorst: new armament and sensors consisted of 2 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 1953, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 106, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, 60 mines, DA02, M40, KH-14/9 radars; bridge, mast, funnel were rebuilt

1962, Scheer: new armament and sensors consisted of 2 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 106, KH-14/9, SGR-103, SGR-104, SGR-105, SGR-114 radars

Naval service

Scharnhorst served as gunnery TS, Scheer as TS for radars, Hipper was used for cadet training.