BAYERN D183

BAYERN D183

Class……………………………Type 101 Hamburg class Destroyer

Builder……………………….. H. C. Stülcken & Sohn, Hamburg, Germany

Yard number……………….

Laid down..………………….14 Sep 1960

Launched….…………………14 Aug 1962

Completed.………………….6 Jul 1965

Propulsion.…………………..2 shafts each driven by Wahodag geared steam turbines powered by 4 oil fired Wahodag boilers

Speed..…………………………36 knots (max)

Range…………………………..6000nm at 13 knots

Fate…………………………….1993: Decommissioned 1995.Sold for breaking in Denmark

 

DESIGN GENESIS

Originally the German Navy wanted twelve Type 101 destroyers and, in fact, ordered them in August 1957, but it transpired that they could not be built on the planned displacement of 2500t. So the Western European Union by a post factum decision raised the displacement to 6000t.

All four ships of the class were modernised 1974-77: the boilers were modified to burn light oil, and the lattice mainmast was removed. The 'X' Position 100mm was replaced by two MM38 Exocet twin launchers. In 1978 all ships received an enclosed bridge. During subsequent refits the superstructure and funnel caps were modified and the electronics were updated

The five TTs were replaced by four short ASW TTs' (Conway)

 

BAYERN D183 photographed post 1974-77 modernisation

 

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