KRIEGSMARINE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
(Flugzeugträger)
The aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin.
The aircraft carriers of the Kriegsmarine, the German Navy in World War II.
| Graf Zeppelin Class |
| Name |
Builder |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
| GRAF ZEPPELIN |
Deutsche Werke,
Kiel |
28.12.1936 |
08.12.1938 |
(Planned for 04.1941) |
Scuttled in Stettin
25.04.1945 |
| FLUGZEUGTRÄGER "B" |
Germaniawerft,
Kiel |
30.09.1936 |
- |
(Planned for 04.1941) |
Scrapped on slip 1940 |
| FLUGZEUGTRÄGER "C" |
Germaniawerft,
Kiel |
- |
- |
(Planned for 07.1944) |
Canceled before
construction began |
| FLUGZEUGTRÄGER "D" |
Deutsche Werke,
Kiel |
- |
- |
(Planned for 07.1944) |
Canceled before
construction began |
In May 1942 is was planned to convert three merchant ships and the heavy cruiser Seydlitz into auxiliary aircraft carriers.
| Auxiliary Aircraft Carriers (Hilfsflugzeugträger) |
| Name |
Builder |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
| EUROPA |
Blohm & Voss,
Hamburg |
1927 |
16.08.1928 |
26.03.1929 as ocean liner |
Conversion to carrier canceled
25.11.1942
To USA 1945 |
| GNEISENAU |
AG Weser,
Bremen |
1934 |
17.05.1935 |
03.01.1936 as ocean liner |
Conversion to carrier canceled
25.11.1942
Mined in Baltic Sea
02.05.1943 |
| POTSDAM |
Blohm & Voss,
Hamburg |
1934 |
16.01.1935 |
27.06.1936 as ocean liner |
Conversion to carrier canceled
To Britain 1946 |
| SEYDLITZ |
Deschimag,
Bremen |
29.12.1936 |
19.01.1939 |
- |
Conversion to carrier canceled
Scuttled in Königsberg
29.01.1945 |
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