German destroyer Schleswig-Holstein

	Schleswig-Holstein underway during BALTOPS on 1 June 1992.
History
Germany
Name	Schleswig-Holstein
Namesake	Schleswig-Holstein
Builder	H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg
Laid down	20 August 1959
Launched	20 August 1960
Commissioned	12 October 1964
Decommissioned	15 December 1994
Identification	Pennant number: D182; Callsign: DRAB;
Fate	Scrapped in 1998
General characteristics
Class and type	Hamburg-class destroyer
Displacement	4,050 tonnes
Length	133.7 m (438 ft 8 in)
Beam	13.4 m (44 ft 0 in)
Draft	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	4 × Wahodag boilers, 2 steam turbines, 72,000 shp
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h); 37 knots (69 km/h) only D182;
Range	3,400 nautical miles (6,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	284
Sensors and ; processing systems	3 × HSA fire-control radars; Sonar 1BV2;
Armament	3 × DCN 100 mm/L55 guns; 4 × twin 40 mm/L70 guns, Breda Mod 64; 2 × twin MM38 Exocet launcher; 2 × quadruple Bofors 375 mm anti-submarine rocket launchers; 2 × depth charge ramps, 10 depth charges; 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; up to 90 naval mines Mk 17; 2 × 20 barreled chaff;

Schleswig-Holstein (D182) was the second ship of the Hamburg-class destroyer of the German Navy.^[1]

Background

The Type 101 Hamburg class was the only class of destroyers built during post-war Germany. They were specifically designed to operate in the Baltic Sea, where armament and speed is more important than seaworthiness. They were named after Bundesländer (states of Germany) of West Germany.

The German shipyard Stülcken was contracted to design and build the ships. Stülcken was rather inexperienced with naval shipbuilding, but got the order, since the shipyards traditionally building warships for the German navies like Blohm + Voss, Howaldtswerke or Lürssen were all occupied constructing commercial vessels.

Construction and career

Schleswig-Holstein was laid down on 20 August 1959 and launched on 20 August 1960 in Hamburg. She was commissioned on 12 October 1964 and decommissioned on 15 December 1994. Finally towed to Belgium and scrapped in 1998.^[2]