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KH2

Leichter Kreuzer  


Planned German design (based on the original Dutch design)

Laid down as Dutch Kruiser Eendracht.


Contruction Data

Laid down:     Rotterdamsche Droogdock Mij, 19.05.1939
Launched:     22.08.1950
Commissioned:     17.12.1953 (Netherlands)
Fate:     still active
Costs:     

Technical Data

Size:     8350 t
Length:     187,3 m
Beam:     17,25 m
Draft:     5,6 m
Armament:     8 x 15 cm; 12 x 3,7 cm; 6 x 53,3 torpedo tubes
Performance:     78000 shp, 32 kn

History

The two Dutch CLs De Zeven Provinciën and Kijkduin (later named Eendracht ) were captured by the German army in May 1940.
Although the ships were still in an early stage of construction it was first decided to continue the ships with a modified design and use them as training cruisers. It was planed to complete the ships by mid 1942 or early 1943. For both ships it was planed to use German 15 cm guns which were already under construction for the M-Class cruisers and H-Class battleships.

The Kijkduin was renamed to KH2 (Project Ersatz Königsberg) and like the KH1 , work almost came to a halt after August 1941. The ships was not launched during wartime and like its sistership, completed by the Dutch between 1950 and 1953. Renamed to De Zeven Provinciën it served in the Dutch navy until 1976 when it also was sold to Peru and renamed to Almirante Aguirre . The ship was decommissioned in 1999.

KH1 Modern

Almirante Aguirre 1981


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