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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Gneisenau (ex-Oakley)	F212		Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK	8/1940	15.1.1942	5/1942 // 18.10.1958	stricken 6.1966

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1050
Displacement full, t	1610
Length, m	80.6 pp 86.1 oa
Breadth, m	9.60
Draught, m	3.78 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	19000
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	oil 280
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(12)
Armament	3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk 7, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 2 DCT, 3 DCR (60)
Electronic equipment	type 271, type 285, type 291 radars, type 128 sonar
Complement	168

Standard scale images

Project history

British 'Hunt' Type 2 class escort destroyer. She was purchased in 1957, renamed and designated Type 138.

Modernizations

1959: - 1 x 2 - 102/45, 1 x 4 - 40/39, 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7

3/1964, new armament and sensors consisted of: 1 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 1953, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 106, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, DA02, M40 radars; bridge, mast, funnel were rebuilt

Naval service

Gneisenau served as gunnery TS.