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The Prinz Heinrich-class Advanced Heavy Cruiser were four Völkian post-war heavy cruisers commissioned in 1948. They were the last of the all-gun heavy cruisers produced by the Völkden Empire. All four were decommissioned in 1976. The cruiser Raeder was preserved as a museum ship; the other three were scrapped.

The Prinz Heinrich-class were designed as a successor to the Grünfeld-class Heavy Cruiser. They were larger and carried advanced autoloading 8''/55 guns capable of firing nearly three times faster than those carried by the Grünfeld-class.

While the Völkden Empire encountered very minimal aircraft threat over the duration of the Great War, Völkian shipbuilders learned from its allies and equipped the ship with twenty licensed 3''/50 anti-aircraft guns. The 1973 refit saw the removal of these guns, along with all of the 12.7mm and 20mm guns, and four of the 5'' two-gun turrets in favor of six experimental Close in Weapon Systems.

Over the 28 years of service, only Prinz Heinrich and Raeder saw action in 1974 by assisting allied ground forces with shore bombardment in La Lucero.

Displacement: 21,800 t

Length:
Waterline: 213.4m
Overall: 219.9m

Beam: 23.4m

Draft: 7.45m

Installed Power:
120,000 shp (89,000 kW)
4 boilers

Propulsion:
4 shafts

Speed:
33.0 knots

Range:
10,500 km at 15 kn

Compliment:
1800

Armaments:
4 × 8'' three-gun turrets
2 × 6'' three-gun turrets
8 × 5'' two-gun turrets
10 × 3'' two-gun turrets
36 × 20mm autocannons
12 × .50cal machine guns
2 × depth charges racks
8 × 21'' torpedo tubes

Took inspiration from both the German Admiral Hipper-class and the American Des Moines-class heavy cruisers. The superstructure looks like that of the Bismarck's because I couldn't find a nice model or picture of the Admiral Hipper but I was told that an Admiral Hipper cruiser was mistaken for the Bismarck (or the Tirpitz, don't remember) and I have plenty of information for the Bismarck. Was originally going to fit an aircraft facility and catapults mid ship like on the Bismarck, but I didn't find it too pleasing on the eyes and took it out and just filled the space with more guns.

Description
This ship has been remade, please click here to look at the updated version

The Prinz Heinrich-class Advanced Heavy Cruiser were four Völkian post-war heavy cruisers commissioned in 1948. They were the last of the all-gun heavy cruisers produced by the Völkden Empire. All four were decommissioned in 1976. The cruiser Raeder was preserved as a museum ship; the other three were scrapped.

The Prinz Heinrich-class were designed as a successor to the Grünfeld-class Heavy Cruiser. They were larger and carried advanced autoloading 8''/55 guns capable of firing nearly three times faster than those carried by the Grünfeld-class.

While the Völkden Empire encountered very minimal aircraft threat over the duration of the Great War, Völkian shipbuilders learned from its allies and equipped the ship with twenty licensed 3''/50 anti-aircraft guns. The 1973 refit saw the removal of these guns, along with all of the 12.7mm and 20mm guns, and four of the 5'' two-gun turrets in favor of six experimental Close in Weapon Systems.

Over the 28 years of service, only Prinz Heinrich and Raeder saw action in 1974 by assisting allied ground forces with shore bombardment in La Lucero.

Displacement: 21,800 t

Length:
Waterline: 213.4m
Overall: 219.9m

Beam: 23.4m

Draft: 7.45m

Installed Power:
120,000 shp (89,000 kW)
4 boilers

Propulsion:
4 shafts

Speed:
33.0 knots

Range:
10,500 km at 15 kn

Compliment:
1800

Armaments:
4 × 8'' three-gun turrets
2 × 6'' three-gun turrets
8 × 5'' two-gun turrets
10 × 3'' two-gun turrets
36 × 20mm autocannons
12 × .50cal machine guns
2 × depth charges racks
8 × 21'' torpedo tubes

Took inspiration from both the German Admiral Hipper-class and the American Des Moines-class heavy cruisers. The superstructure looks like that of the Bismarck's because I couldn't find a nice model or picture of the Admiral Hipper but I was told that an Admiral Hipper cruiser was mistaken for the Bismarck (or the Tirpitz, don't remember) and I have plenty of information for the Bismarck. Was originally going to fit an aircraft facility and catapults mid ship like on the Bismarck, but I didn't find it too pleasing on the eyes and took it out and just filled the space with more guns.