| Admiral Hipper in 1939 |
| Career (Nazi Germany) |
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| Name: |
Admiral Hipper |
| Namesake: |
Admiral Franz von Hipper |
| Builder: |
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Laid down: |
6 July 1935 |
| Launched: |
6 February 1937 |
| Commissioned: |
29 April 1939 |
| Fate: |
Scuttled, 3 May 1945, raised and scrapped in 1948–1952 |
| General characteristics |
| Class & type: |
Admiral Hipper-class cruiser |
| Displacement: |
Design:
Full load:
|
| Length: |
202.8 m overall |
| Beam: |
21.3 m |
| Draft: |
Full load: 7.2 m |
| Propulsion: |
- 3 × Blohm & Voss steam turbines
- 3 × three-blade propellers
- 132,000 shp (98 MW)
|
| Speed: |
32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Complement: |
- 42 officers
- 1,340 enlisted
|
| Armament: |
- 8 × 20.3 cm (8.0 in) guns
- 12 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns
- 12 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) guns
- 8 × 2 cm (0.79 in) guns (20×1)
- 6 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
|
| Armor: |
- Belt: 70 to 80 mm (2.8 to 3.1 in)
- Armor deck: 20 to 50 mm (0.79 to 2.0 in)
- Turret faces: 105 mm (4.1 in)
|
| Aircraft carried: |
3 aircraft |
| Aviation facilities: |
1 catapult |
