Bundesmarine (1959-68) Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Bayern, Hessen The home-built Bundesmarine’s destroyers Between the first, rebuilt and modernized Zerstörer class (1958) -Fletcher type- and the first missile destroyers of the Lütjens class in 1965, also US-sourced as former Charles F. Adams class, the Bundesmarine obtained its first tailored, home-built destroyers: The Type 101 Hamburg class. Hamburg (D181) … Read more
Bundesmarine (1962-70) – 3 ships: Lütjens, Mölders, Rommel Called the class 103/103A/103B or more commonly Lütjens class, these were the main guided missile destroyers of the Bundesmarine (German Navy). The ships ships were built in 1966-1970 in the United States for the Federal Republic of Germany, based on the the American Charles F. Adams class. … Read more
Bundesmarine (1958-70), 6 ships: Z1 – Z6 The Bundesmarine’s first destroyers: Although the Bundeswehr was integrated into NATO in 1955 and regained sovereignty over its territory, it would take some more years to organize the Bundesmarine in order to operate major units. Until then, the existing ships in service were merely minesweepers. However the drive … Read more
