Z20 Karl Galster 1945
Z20 Karl Galster 1945
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Z17 Diether von Roeder | 919 | Deschimag, Bremen | 9/1936 | 19.8.1937 | 8/1938 | sunk 13.4.1940 | |
| Z18 Hans Lüdemann | 920 | Deschimag, Bremen | 9/1936 | 1.12.1937 | 10/1938 | sunk 13.4.1940 | |
| Z19 Hermann Künne | 921 | Deschimag, Bremen | 10/1936 | 22.12.1937 | 1/1939 | sunk 13.4.1940 | |
| Z20 Karl Galster | 922 | Deschimag, Bremen | 9/1937 | 15.6.1938 | 3/1939 | surrendered 5.1945, to USSR 2.1946 (Ïðî÷íûé [Prochnyy]) | |
| Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp | 923 | Deschimag, Bremen | 12/1937 | 2.8.1938 | 8/1939 | sunk 11.4.1940 | |
| Z22 Anton Schmitt | 924 | Deschimag, Bremen | 1/1938 | 20.9.1938 | 9/1939 | sunk 10.4.1940 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2411 |
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Displacement full, t |
3415 |
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Length, m |
Z17 - 19: 120.0 wl 123.0 oa Z20 - 22: 120.0 wl 125.1 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.8 |
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Draught, m |
4.50 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Deschimag geared steam turbines, 6 Wagner boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
70000 |
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Max speed, kts |
38.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 739 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2050(19) |
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Armament |
5 x 1 - 128/42 SK C/34, 2 x 2 - 37/80 SK C/30, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 4 - 533 TT (16), 4 DCT (18), 60 mines |
| Electronic equipment | GHG hydrophone |
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Complement |
Z17 - 19, 21, 22: 313 Z20: 330 |
Project history: At creation of type 1936 destroyers lacks of predecessors have been considered. At the expense of more perfect hull form seaworthiness was improved, and last three ships received clipper (Atlantic) bow, which increased their length on 2m. Having moderated funnels height and lightened amidships superstructure it was possible to decrease top weight. Officially declared displacement was 1811t. Ships were equipped by Wagner boilers (70atm, 460°C). Construction of Deschimag-produced turbine gear units has been improved and it has appeared quite reliable. On trials Diether von Roeder made 40.45kts. The armaments structure repeated type 1934, AA MG arrangement was changed only.
Modernizations: late 1939, all: + S-Gerät sonar
1941, Z20: + 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38
1942, Z20: + FuMO 21 radar
early 1944, Z20: - 4 x 1 - 20/65, presumably FuMO 21 radar; + 2 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M43, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, presumably FuMO 24, FuMO 63K radars, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 4 Sumatra ECM suites
1/1945, Z20: - 2 x 2 - 37/80, 4 x 1 - 20/65; + 2 x 2 - 37/69 FlaK M42
Naval service: Z22 Anton Smitt and Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp were torpedoed by British destroyer Hardy in harbour of Narvik 10.4.1940: former was sunk at once, latter next day. Z17 Diether von Roeder, Z18 Hans Lüdemann and Z19 Hermann Künne were lost 13.4.1940 in battle against British battleship Warspite and destroyers in Ufut-fiord. Z20 Karl Galster was damaged 3.7.1942 as result of navigating accident in the West-fjord and was under repair 5 months; on reparations she was transferred to the USSR as Prochny, and BU in 1956.
Z20 Karl Galster 1939
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