Schweitzer-class destroyer

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Class overview
Name Schweitzer
Namesake Peter Schweitzer
Builder Marburger Schiffbau AG
Operators Rotgeheim
Cost $130 million per ship
In commission 1897 - present
Planned 6
Completed 6
Currently under construction 0
General characteristics
Type Destroyer
Displacement 9,800 tons
Length 509 ft (154 m)
Beam 66 ft (20 m)
Draft 30.5 ft (9.3 m)
Installed power Three Maybach MB1000 Generators
Propulsion Four gas turbines
Speed 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range 8,100 km
Armament 6 x 12.7 cm (5 in) guns

6 x 7.6 cm (3 in) guns
8 x 3.7 cm (1.5 in) guns
12 x 2.5 cm (0.9 in) guns

The Schweitzer class are one of the many classes of destroyers currently serving in the Rotgeheiman Navy.

Background

Design

Armament

Ships

The following ships are the produced and actively-serving Schweitzer-class battleships, as well as those under construction and awaiting construction. Production numbers are assigned by the manufacturers to denote the location in which it was produced, as well as denoting which number ship it is in the production line (i.e. MS-ZR-1 means the producer was Marburger Schiffbau, the ship type was destroyer, and it was the first ship produced of that type). In Rotgeheim, hull numbers are the letter and number designation given to each ship, apart from its actual ceremonial name. Destroyers in the Rotgeheiman Navy begin their hull number designations with "ZR", representing Zerstörer ("Destroyer").

Name Hull number Production Number Builder Laid down Launched Country Unit Captain
RKM Schweitzer ZR-001 MS-ZR-1 Marburger Schiffbau 23 April 1897 12 May 1898 Rotgeheim 1st Fleet, Kriegsmarine Ruprecht Hülsen
RKM Pfeil ZR-002 MS-ZR-2 Marburger Schiffbau 20 May 1898 29 May 1899 Rotgeheim 1st Fleet Felix Schoenauer
RKM Vetter ZR-003 MS-ZR-3 Marburger Schiffbau 5 June 1899 14 June 1900 Rotgeheim 1st Fleet Johann Rauscher
RKM Adelmann ZR-004 MS-ZR-4 Marburger Schiffbau 19 June 1900 24 June 1901 Rotgeheim 1st Fleet Roland Weishaupt
RKM Kreuz ZR-005 MS-ZR-5 Marburger Schiffbau 29 June 1901 4 July 1902 Rotgeheim 1st Fleet Sebastian Sperrling
RKM Baden ZR-006 MS-ZR-6 Marburger Schiffbau 8 July 1902 19 July 1903 Rotgeheim 1st Fleet Rainer Kronthaler