Dimensions
- Displacement
- 70000 t
- Length
- 280,0 m
70000 tDisplacement
280,0 mLength
34 knProjected speed
32Aircraft
Design study
The Grossflugzeugkreuzer A III concept
A III expanded the concept to battleship scale. The design combined the largest air group in the series with six 28 cm guns, torpedo tubes and exceptional cruising range, producing a ship larger than Germany's existing battleships.
Project A combined battleship-scale protection and heavy guns with a flight deck. It was intended to provide its own air cover while operating as an independent commerce raider.
No construction order followed. The proposal remained one of several preliminary hybrid studies produced during 1942.
Projected data
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament, aircraft capacity and performance.
Armament
- 28 cm
- 6
- 15 cm
- 16
- 10,5 cm
- 16
- 3,7 cm
- 12
- 53,3 cm torpedo tubes
- 6
Aircraft
- Aircraft
- 32
Performance
- Total Performance
- 280000 shp
- Speed
- 34 kn
- Range
- 20000 sm at 19 kn
Design record
Construction record
- Design date
- Design 14.04.1942
- Status
- Design study, not ordered