Max Stinsky 1940
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Karl Meyer (ex-Wedel) | K51 | Norderwerft Köser & Meyer, Hamburg | 1940 | 22/8/1940 | sunk 27/10/1944 | |
| Max Stinsky | K52 | Norderwerft Köser & Meyer, Hamburg | 12/10/1940 | 7/8/1941 | surrendered 5/1945, to USA 5/1946, to France 2/1948 (O. E. Paul Goffeney) | |
| Immelmann | K53 | Norderwerft Köser & Meyer, Hamburg | 1941 | 18/12/1941 | surrendered 5/1945, to United Kingdom 12/1945, to France 8/1946 (Commandant Robert Giraud) | |
| Boelcke | K54 | Norderwerft Köser & Meyer, Hamburg | 1942 | 12/1942 | sunk 17/4/1945 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1157 |
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Displacement full, t |
1351 |
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Length, m |
78.0 |
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Breadth, m |
10.8 |
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Draught, m |
3.20 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 MAN diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
8800 |
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Max speed, kts |
21.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 120 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4600(16) |
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Armament |
Karl Meyer: 3 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 7.9/79, 3 seaplanes (He 60, Do 18, He 114, Ar 196) Max Stinsky: 3 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 7.9/79, 3 seaplanes (He 60, Do 18, He 114, Ar 196, Ar 95, BV 138) Immelmann: 3 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 7.9/79, 3 seaplanes (He 60, He 114, Ar 196, Ar 95, BV 138, Do 24) Boelcke: 3 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 7.9/79, 3 seaplanes (He 60, Ar 196, Ar 95, BV 138, Do 24) |
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Complement |
66 |
Ship project history: Development of Hans Rolshoven, equipped with 18t gantry.
Modernizations: 1943 - 1944, all: - 1 x 1 - 37/83; + 1 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32.
Naval service: Karl Meyer was sunk 27/10/1944 by British aircraft of Implacable air group in Namsus area. Boelcke was sunk 17/4/1945 by Soviet bombers off Hel Peninsula. Max Stinsky and Immelmann were transferred on reparations to France as Paul Goffeny and Commandant Robert Giraud respectively.
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