P-Class Heavy Cruiser
Plan Z Heavy Cruiser Program (Cancelled) - Never Built - Planned class of 12 heavy cruisers under Plan Z naval expansion (1938-1939), all cancelled 1940. 17,400 tons, 6× 20.3cm guns (3× twin turrets), 33 knots. Revolutionary diesel propulsion (100,000 HP, 10,000 nm range at 20 knots), unprecedented endurance for commerce raiding. Reduced armament vs. Admiral Hipper class (6 guns vs. 8) for extended range capability. All 12 ships cancelled 1940 when WWII priority shifted to U-boat construction. None ever laid down. Remained design studies only. Would have been Germany's most capable ocean-going cruisers.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 22145 t
- Displacement (full)
- 23000 t
- Length
- 754.6 ft
- Beam
- 85.3 ft
- Crew
- 1800 (estimated)
- Ships built
- 0 (12 planned, all cancelled)
- Commissioned
- Never built
- Decommissioned
- Cancelled 1940
Performance
- Top speed
- 33 kn
- Range
- 10000 nm at 20 knots (planned)
Armament
- Main guns
- 6× 20.3cm (8-inch) SK C/34 (3× twin turrets)
- Secondary guns
- 8× 10.5cm SK C/33 AA
- Torpedoes
- 12× 53.3cm (4× triple mounts)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 80-100mm waterline belt
- Deck
- 50-70mm
- Fire control
- Advanced fire control radar (planned)
In-Game
- Tier
- T6
- Game power
- 165.21
- Research cost
- 130,846
- Credit cost
- 115,647
Notable
- Plan Z heavy cruiser program (12 ships planned, all cancelled)
- First German cruiser with diesel propulsion (planned)
- First German cruiser with 10,000 nm range (planned)
- Larger than Admiral Hipper class (17,400 tons vs. 14,050 tons)
- Reduced armament (6× 20.3cm vs. 8× 20.3cm) for extended range
- Cancelled 1940 due to WWII U-boat priority
- None ever laid down (remained design studies only)
- Replaced by focus on submarine construction