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GRAF SPEE frigate (1939 / 1959)


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 equipmenttype 271, type 285, type 286 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement

180



Standard scale images


<i>Graf Spee </i>1959
Graf Spee 1959
<i>Graf Spee </i>1963
Graf Spee 1963


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.