Zerstörer 1934 Class Destroyers Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
390' 6" |
Engines: |
2 Wagner Geared Steam Turbines |
Beam: |
37' |
Boilers: |
6 Wagner 1,028 psi oil fired |
Draft: |
12' 6" std. / 14' full |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement |
HP: |
70,000 |
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Standard: |
2,232 |
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Full: |
3,156 |
Speed: |
38.25 knots |
Crew: |
325 |
Range: |
4,400 NM @ 19 knots |
Armament
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Guns
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Number
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Type |
Arrangement |
5 |
5"/45 (127mm) C-34 |
Single turrets |
4 |
1.5"/83 (37mm) C-30 |
2 twin mounts |
4-6 |
20mm/65 C-30 AA |
Single mounts |
Torpedo Tubes
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Number
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Size |
Launch platform / reloads |
8 |
21" (533mm) |
2 quadruple launchers / 8 reloads |
Mines
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60 |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Z-1 Leberecht Maass |
Deutsche Werke Kiel, Germany |
Aug. 18, 1935 |
Jan. 14, 1937 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Feb. 22, 1940. Attacked in error by HE-111's of KG-26 squadron,
hit three times, while attempting to evade the attack ran into a minefield laid by HMS Ivanhoe D-16, and HMS Intrepid H-10. Location: North Sea, northwest of Borkum, Netherlands. 282 crewmen killed, 60 survivors. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Deutsche Werke Kiel, Germany |
Aug. 18, 1935 |
Feb. 27, 1937 |
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Fate |
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Destroyed Apr. 13, 1940, grounded to avoid sinking after battle with Royal Navy
destroyers HMS Hero H-99, HMS Eskimo F-75 and HMS Forester H-74 in the second Battle of Narvik. Location: Rombaksfjord, 7.5 miles north northeast of Narvik, Norway. (68.27N - 17.55E) 27 killed, the survivors including a number of soldiers made their way to Narvik. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Z-3 Max Schultz |
Deutsche Werke Kiel, Germany |
Nov. 30, 1935 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Feb. 22, 1940. Attacked in error by HE-111's of KG-26 squadron,
while attempting to evade the attack ran into a minefield laid by HMS Ivanhoe D-16, and HMS Intrepid H-10. Location: North Sea, northwest of Borkum, Netherlands. 308 crewmen killed, no survivors. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Z-4 Richard Beitzen |
Deutsche Werke Kiel, Germany |
Nov. 30, 1935 |
May 13, 1937 |
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Fate |
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Captured by British on May 14, 1945 at Oslo, Norway, Renamed H-97,
sold to C. W. Dorkin in 1948 and scrapped at Gateshead, England. |
Page published Dec. 26, 2008 |