SMS Buddenbrock (S-17)
| SMS Buddenbrock S-17 | |
| |
| Charter City: | Hamburg, Germany |
| Class: | Blücher |
| Type: | Battlecruiser |
| Affiliation: | Imperial Andermani Navy |
| Commander: | Vacant |
| Launched: | 22 DEC 2013 |
| Status: | Inactive |
| Reporting to: | Seventh Fleet |
| Fleet: | Seventh Fleet |
SMS Buddenbrock, originally commissioned with the hull number BC-07 and later redesignated S-17, was a Blücher-class battlecruiser (Schlachtkreuzer) of the Imperial Andermani Navy.
History
SMS Buddenbrock was commissioned on 22 December 2013 as a Blücher-class pod-laying battlecruiser under the command of KdS Laura Sophia Löschen, and was assigned to the Seventh Fleet, based in Hamburg, Germany.[1]
A change of command on 14 September 2016 placed OSB Matthias Leuser in command.[2]
The ship was subsequently redesignated with the Andermani hull number S-17. SMS Buddenbrock (S-17) was decommissioned on 1 February 2022, at which time KdS Swieton was ordered to stand her down and return her to New Berlin for decommissioning and crew transfer.[3]
Commanding Officers
| # | Name | Assumed | Relieved |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KdS Laura Sophia Löschen | 22 Dec 2013[4] | 14 Sep 2016 |
| 2 | OSB Matthias Leuser | 14 Sep 2016[5] | |
| 3 | KdS Swieton | 1 Feb 2022 (decommissioned)[6] |
Command Staff
Upon commissioning in 2013, the command staff of SMS Buddenbrock were:[7]
References
| Battlecruisers | |
|---|---|
| Royal Manticoran Navy | |
| Agamemnon (BC-P) | Agamemnon (lead) - Achilles - Ajax - Andromeda - Black Rose - Dienekes - Diomedes - Hector - Helen - Heracles - Leonidas - Menelaus |
| Homer (BC) | Homer (lead) - Atropos |
| Nike (BC) | Artemis - Beowulf - Callisto - Excalibur - Horatius - Juno - Musashi - Penelope - Rigel - Truculent |
| Reliant (BC) | Reliant (lead) - Athena - Claymore - Enterprise - Invincible‡ - Ishtar - Phantom - Royalist - Shiva - Victorious |
| Grayson Space Navy | |
| Courvoisier (BC) | Madrigal |
| Courvoisier II (BC-P) | Randolph Candless - Maria Waltham |
| Imperial Andermani Navy | |
| Blücher (BC) | Buddenbrock |
| Warlord-D (BC) | Hrolf Kraki |