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The Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers were four German Kriegsmarine aircraft carriers planned in the mid-1930s by Grand Admiral Erich Raeder as part of the Plan Z rearmament program after Germany and Great Britain signed the Anglo-German Naval Agreement. They were planned after a thorough study of Japanese carrier designs.
The German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin was the lead ship in a class of two carriers of the same name ordered by the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany.She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany and represented part of the Kriegsmarine ' s attempt to create a well-balanced oceangoing fleet, capable of projecting German naval power far beyond the narrow confines of the Baltic and North Seas.
During the design process for what would eventually become the Graf Zeppelin class, the size of the new aircraft carriers increased significantly. By the time the keel for the first vessel, provisionally named Flugzeugträger A (Aircraft carrier A), had been laid down in December 1936, standard displacement had risen to 26,931 long tons (27,363 t).
Known simply as Graf Zeppelin (no numeral) as the original Graf Zeppelin had been retired. LZ 131 not finished Version of the Hindenburg-class airship extended by 18 m (59 ft) to 263 m (863 ft) for around 80 passengers. Only a few frame rings were constructed before it was scrapped in May 1940.
The 15 cm SK C/28 [Note 1] was a German medium-caliber naval gun used during the Second World War.It served as the secondary armament for the Bismarck class and Scharnhorst-class battleships, Deutschland-class cruisers and the Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers.
Pages in category "Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
German aircraft carrier I – planned conversion of passenger ship from German shipyard to aircraft carrier. Cancelled in 1918. Graf Zeppelin: Graf Zeppelin-class carrier. Launched but not completed. Construction work stopped in 1943. Flugzeugträger B: Graf Zeppelin class carrier cancelled partly constructed in 1939.
Conversion planning began in May 1942, and had the conversion been finished, she would have been the largest German aircraft carrier, longer even than the purpose-built Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers. The work was canceled in November 1942, however, after design problems, including serious instability and structural weaknesses, proved to ...