Zerstörer 1934 Class Destroyers Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance
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
Standard:
2,232
Full:
3,156
Speed:
38.25 knots
Crew:
325
Range:
4,400 NM @ 19 knots


Armament
Guns
Number
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
Number
Size
Launch platform / reloads
8
21" (533mm)
2 quadruple launchers / 8 reloads
Mines
60


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Z-1 Leberecht Maass
Deutsche Werke
Kiel, Germany

Aug. 18, 1935
Jan. 14, 1937
Fate
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.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Deutsche Werke
Kiel, Germany

Aug. 18, 1935
Feb. 27, 1937
Fate
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.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Z-3 Max Schultz
Deutsche Werke
Kiel, Germany

Nov. 30, 1935
Fate
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.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Z-4 Richard Beitzen
Deutsche Werke
Kiel, Germany

Nov. 30, 1935
May 13, 1937
Fate
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