German destroyer Bayern

	Bayern in 1975.
History
Germany
Name	Bayern
Namesake	Bayern
Port of registry	Hamburg, Germany
Builder	H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg
Laid down	15 February 1961
Launched	14 August 1962
Commissioned	6 July 1965
Decommissioned	16 December 1993
Identification	Pennant number: D183; Callsign: DRAC;
Status	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;

Bayern (D183) is the third 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

Bayern was laid down on 15 February 1961 and launched on 14 August 1962 in Hamburg. She was commissioned on 6 July 1965 and decommissioned on 16 December 1993. Finally towed to Denmark and scrapped in 1998.^[2]