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was laid down at
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was commissioned on 25 May 1966 and, like the sail training ship
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Navy. She was constructed and used as a training cruiser ("
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driving center shaft, 16,000 hp (12,000 kW)
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was the smallest German cruiser since the 4,385-ton
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681:Verein Schulschiff "Deutschland" 1989 e.V.
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498:Ordered in late 1958, the training ship
173:5,684 long tons (5,775 t) full load
27:For other ships with the same name, see
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690:. London: Conway Maritime Press, Ltd.
191:138.2 m (453 ft 5 in)
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373:375 mm Bofors anti-submarine mortars
321:172 officers and men, and up to 250
636:2.) The pre-dreadnought battleship
358:6 × 40 mm/70 AA guns (2 × 2, 2 × 1)
204:16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
185:130 m (426 ft 6 in)
18:German naval ship Deutschland (A59)
25:
1294:Training ships of the German Navy
610:Namesakes in German naval service
212:5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
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452:Berlin class replenishment ships
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667:, launched in 1931 and renamed
258:643 tons of oil and diesel fuel
686:Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1983).
365:aft (removed in the mid-1970s)
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253:controllable pitch propellers
646:3.) The auxiliary minelayer
450:on West Germany. (The later
140:Sold for scrap, October 1993
29:Deutschland (disambiguation)
353:METL 53 100 mm/55 main guns
272:(41 km/h; 25 mph)
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661:4.) The pocket-battleship
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509:Delivered 10 April 1963,
484:German designation system
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1289:Ships built in Rendsburg
494:Service career and fate
170:(4,958 t) standard
145:General characteristics
377:Mine laying capability
478:This one-ship class,
725:Ship classes of the
633:, launched in 1874,
622:Imperial German Navy
519:Naval Academy Mürwik
289:Boats & landing
643:, launched in 1904
395:(one aft, two fore)
549:to meet her fate.
517:, attached to the
486:, cost 95 million
331:processing systems
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856:Fast attack craft
814:Baden-Württemberg
626:1.) The ironclad
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329:Sensors and
161:Displacement
132:28 June 1990
121:Commissioned
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59:West Germany
1246:Schwedeneck
1084:Deutschland
978:Frankenthal
798:Brandenburg
745:Zerstörer-1
727:German Navy
664:Deutschland
650:Deutschland
640:Deutschland
630:Deutschland
616:Deutschland
598:Deutschland
582:Deutschland
567:Deutschland
539:Deutschland
531:Deutschland
511:Deutschland
500:Deutschland
460:Deutschland
458:protected.
444:Deutschland
437:Deutschland
421:Schulschiff
417:West German
403:Deutschland
280:3,800
255:; 2 rudders
250:Escher-Wyss
124:25 May 1966
69:Deutschland
1284:1960 ships
1278:Categories
1262:Westerwald
1222:Wangerooge
1177:Walchensee
1092:Gorch Fock
1013:Submarines
1002:Mühlhausen
904:153 Klasse
866:Silbermöwe
735:Destroyers
675:References
515:Gorch Fock
425:troop ship
409:naval ship
318:Complement
310:life rafts
217:Propulsion
835:Corvettes
671:in 1940.
648:SMS
638:SMS
628:SMS
523:Flensburg
475:of 1915.
464:SMS
433:minelayer
168:long tons
153:Type 440
97:Laid down
91:Rendsburg
87:Nobiskrug
1230:Bottsand
1214:Eisvogel
1161:Lüneburg
986:Kulmbach
938:Gunboats
919:Albatros
882:Seeadler
772:Frigates
553:Pictures
480:Type 440
346:Armament
302:3 motor
298:pinnaces
296:3 motor
231:and 2 ×
113:Acquired
105:Launched
1206:Fehmarn
994:Ensdorf
961:warfare
806:Sachsen
761:Lütjens
753:Hamburg
602:Lütjens
482:of the
466:Brummer
411:of the
393:anchors
355:(4 × 1)
304:cutters
233:Maybach
155:cruiser
83:Builder
75:Ordered
46:History
1254:Planet
1169:Berlin
1029:XXIII
970:Lindau
948:Thetis
927:Gepard
874:Jaguar
790:Bremen
669:Lützow
527:Mürwik
504:Berlin
472:Bremse
415:, the
407:was a
389:cranes
323:cadets
180:Length
166:4,880
1153:Barbe
1121:Mosel
1113:Rhein
1066:212CD
1035:Hecht
1000:742A
925:143A
911:Tiger
898:Zobel
890:Hugin
547:India
543:Alang
405:(A59)
384:Notes
277:Range
270:knots
265:Speed
223:CODAD
209:Draft
1260:760
1252:751
1244:748
1236:745
1228:738
1220:722
1212:721
1204:720
1198:Hiev
1196:711
1185:Rhön
1183:704
1175:703
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1159:701
1151:520
1145:Oste
1143:423
1137:Elbe
1135:404
1129:Lahn
1127:403
1119:402
1111:401
1090:441
1082:440
1061:212A
1056:206A
1051:205B
1021:XXI
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959:Mine
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782:Köln
780:120
759:103
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469:and
391:; 3
371:2 ×
351:4 ×
227:2 ×
201:Beam
137:Fate
78:1958
65:Name
1191:707
1046:202
1041:201
1031:Hai
992:352
600:to
521:in
456:NBC
448:WEU
308:30
282:nmi
268:22
193:o/a
187:w/l
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