Z23 1940
Z26 1941
Z28 1941
Z24 1942
Z30 1942
Z25 1945
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Z23 | 957 | Deschimag, Bremen | 11/1938 | 14.12.1939 | 9/1940 | CTL 12.8.1944 | |
| Z24 | 958 | Deschimag, Bremen | 1/1939 | 7.3.1940 | 10/1940 | sunk 24.8.1944 | |
| Z25 | 959 | Deschimag, Bremen | 2/1939 | 16.3.1940 | 11/1940 | surrendered 5.1945, to UK 1.1946, to France 2.1946 (Hoche) | |
| Z26 | 960 | Deschimag, Bremen | 4/1939 | 2.4.1940 | 1/1941 | sunk 29.3.1942 | |
| Z27 | 961 | Deschimag, Bremen | 12/1939 | 1.8.1940 | 2/1941 | sunk 28.12.1943 | |
| Z28 | 962 | Deschimag, Bremen | 11/1939 | 20.8.1940 | 8/1941 | sunk 6.3.1945 | |
| Z29 | 963 | Deschimag, Bremen | 3/1940 | 15.10.1940 | 7/1941 | surrendered 5.1945, to USA 1.1946, scuttled 16.12.1946 | |
| Z30 | 964 | Deschimag, Bremen | 4/1940 | 8.12.1940 | 11/1941 | surrendered 5.1945, to UK 1.1946, scuttled |
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Displacement standard, t |
Z23, 24, : 2603 Z25 - 27: 2543 Z28: 2596 Z29, 30: 2657 |
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Displacement full, t |
Z23, 24: 3605 Z25 - 27: 3543 Z28: 3519 Z29 - 30: 3691 |
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Length, m |
121.9 wl 127.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.0 |
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Draught, m |
3.92 - 4.62 |
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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 |
36 |
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Fuel, t |
Z23 - 27: oil 791 Z28: oil 804 Z29, 30: oil 825 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
Z23 - 27: 2500(19) Z28: 2900(19) Z29, 30: 2950(19) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 149/46 Tbts KC/36, 2 x 2 - 37/80 SK C/30, 5 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 60 mines |
| Electronic equipment | FuMO 21 radar, S-Gerät sonar, GHG hydrophone |
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Complement |
320 - 332 |
Project history: After cessation of work over the design of oceangoing type 1937 destroyer German naval chiefs returned to successful type 1936, having solved to strengthen fire power. Transition to the 150mm artillery became a result, and two guns should take places in twin turret mount. General arrangement and machinery structure repeated a prototype. The hull form has been improved (Atlantic bow and bulb), and instead of one two rudders were fitted in screws streams that has significantly improved manoeuvrability. Availability of turrets strongly lagged behind building of the ships, therefore all destroyers were commissioned with four 150mm guns. Replacement of fwd gun by twin turret has led to seaworthiness deterioration. Z28 was completed under the individual design as the leader and differed by superfiring arrangement of fwd guns (thanks to what she has appeared the most seaworthy among all series), and also the additional accommodation block on an aft superstructure. Unlike predecessors, destroyers of type 1936À were unnamed, but informally concerned to 'Narvik' class.
Modernizations: 6.1942, Z23; 9.1942, Z25; 12.1942, Z24: - 1 x 1 - 149/46; + 1 x 2 - 149/46 Tbts KC/36T
1942, all: + 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38
early 1943, Z23 - 25, 27, 29, 30: + 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38
early 1943, Z28: + 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38
6/1944, Z24: - 2 x 1 - 20/65; + 2 x 4 - 20/65 C/38
1944, all survived: - FuMO 21 radar; + FuMO 24 radar, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 6 Palau ECM suites
early 1945, Z25: - 1 x 1 - 149/46, 5 x 1 - 20/65; + 6 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M/43, 4 x 2 - 20/65 C/38
early 1945, Z28: - 5 x 1 - 20/65; + 6 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M/43, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38
early 1945, Z29: - 2 x 1 - 149/46, 2 x 2 - 37/80, 5 x 1 - 20/65; + 1 x 2 - 149/46 SK C/36, 4 x 2 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 1 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M/43, 4 x 2 - 20/65 C/38
early 1945, Z30: - 1 x 4 - 20/65, 3 x 1 - 20/65; + 3 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M/43, 4 x 2 - 20/65 C/38
Naval service: Z26 was lost 29.3.1942 in battle against British cruiser Trinidad and destroyer Eclipse in Barents sea. Z27 was lost 28.12.1943 in battle against British light cruisers Glasgow and Enterprise in Bay of Biscay. Z23 was damaged 12.8.1944 by British aircraft at Western coast of France, stricken 20.8.1944 and broken up ultimately in 1951. Z24 was sunk 24.8.1944 by British aircraft in a mouth of Gironde. Z28 was sunk 6.3.1945 by British aircraft at Sassnitz. Z30 was damaged 20.10.1944 on a mine in Oslo-fjord, repair is not completed till the end of war; she was broken up in 1948. Z25 in 1946 was transferred to France as Íîchå and BU in 1958.
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