This is strictly a flight of fancy taken from remarks made by Hitler that he wanted to mount 80 cm guns on the H-class. ![]() This is a 700,000 ton German battleship built to carry a battery of eight 80 cm/31.5 guns, the siege gun Gustav. Here on the picture are compared Der Fuhrer and BismarckÄisplacement: (700,000 tons planned) 462,750 tons light 484,920 tons standard 560,057 tons normal service 617,927 tons full load ![]() As the war neared its end, Hitler finally gave up on its construction. Worst of all was the fact that the steel it needed for its construction would have meant that nothing else could have been built during its construction. The problem was that this ship would have been almost twice the size of the Yamato and no docking facility was big enough for it. It was to displace 122,000 tons, have eight 21 inch guns and travel at about 30 knots. He wanted the biggest battleship in the world and indeed the design was drawn up for this monster. The plans were awesome but many considered them fool hardy, but no one wanted to tell this to Hitler. Hitler loved big, armored things with huge guns, and thought capital ships gave prestige to a country's military, but he hated the sea and was easily seasick. These ships are the various ever-enlarging "H-Class" ships that Hitler wanted as part of his "Z-Plan". ![]() German super battleship project named "Fuhrer" class
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