Z31 1942
Z37 1943
Z38 1943
Z39 1943
Z31 1944
Z31 1944
Z39 1945
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Z31 | 1001 | Deschimag, Bremen | 9/1940 | 15.5.1941 | 4/1942 | surrendered 5.1945, to UK 12.1945, to France 2.1946 (Marceau) | |
| Z32 | 1002 | Deschimag, Bremen | 11/1940 | 15.8.1940 | 9/1942 | sunk 8.6.1944 | |
| Z33 | 1003 | Deschimag, Bremen | 12/1940 | 15.9.1941 | 2/1943 | surrendered 5.1945, to USSR 2.1946 (Проворный [Provornyy]) | |
| Z34 | 1004 | Deschimag, Bremen | 1/1941 | 5.5.1942 | 6/1943 | damaged 16.4.1945, never repaired | |
| Z37 | 627 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1/1940 | 24.2.1941 | 7/1942 | damaged by collision 30.1.1944, repair incomplete | |
| Z38 | 628 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 4/1940 | 5.8.1941 | 3/1943 | surrendered 5.1945, to UK 9.1945 (Nonsuch) | |
| Z39 | 629 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 8/1940 | 2.12.1941 | 8/1943 | surrendered 5.1945, to USA 7.1945 (DD939), to France for spares 1947 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2657 |
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Displacement full, t |
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 |
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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 |
oil 825 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2950(19) |
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Armament |
Z31: 4 x 1 - 149/46 Tbts KC/36, 2 x 2 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT (30), 60 mines Z32: 1 x 2 - 149/46 Tbts KC/36T, 3 x 1 - 149/46 Tbts KC/36, 2 x 2 - 37/80 SK C/30, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT (30), 60 mines others: 1 x 2 - 149/46 Tbts KC/36T, 3 x 1 - 149/46 Tbts KC/36, 2 x 2 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 4 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT (30), 60 mines |
| Electronic equipment |
FuMO 21 radar, S-Gerät sonar, GHG hydrophone |
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Complement |
332 |
Project history: They were ordered under the mobilisation program and repeated type 1936А, but differed by simplified construction technology. All, except for lead Z31, were completed with twin fwd turret.
Modernizations: 3.1944, Z31: - 1 x 1 - 149/46; + 1 x 2 - 149/46 SK C/36
6/1944, Z32: - 2 x 1 - 20/65; + 2 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M/43
1944, all survived: - FuMO 21 radar; + FuMO 24, FuMO 63K radars, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 4 Sumatra ECM suite
early 1945, Z31: - 1 x 2 - 149/46, 2 x 2 - 37/80, 1 x 4 - 20/65, 2 x 1 - 20/65; + 1 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 6 x 2 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 2 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M/43, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38
early 1945, Z33: - 2 x 2 - 37/80, 1 x 4 - 20/65, 2 x 1 - 20/65; + 6 x 2 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 2 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M/43, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38
early 1945, Z34: - 1 x 1 - 149/46, 2 x 1 - 20/65; + 3 x 1 - 40/56 FlaK 28, 2 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M/43, 4 x 2 - 20/65 C/38
early 1945, Z38: - 4 x 1 - 20/65; + 2 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M/43, 4 x 2 - 20/65 C/38
early 1945, Z39: - 1 x 1 - 149/46, 2 x 2 - 37/80, 2 x 1 - 20/65; + 6 x 2 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 2 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M/43, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38
Naval service: Z37 was damaged 30.1.1944 as result of collision with Z32 in bay of Biscay, stricken 20.8.1944, 24.8.1944 blown up at Bordeaux. Z32 was lost 9.6.1944 in battle against British destroyers Tartar, Ashanti and Canadians Haida and Huron at Ushant. Z34 was damaged 15.4.1945 by Soviet MTBs TK-131, TK-141 in the Danziger Bight, never repaired and after war scuttled by Allies in Skagerrack. Z31 was damaged 28.1.1945 in battle against British light cruisers Mauritius and Diadem at Bergen; on reparations transferred to the UK and in 1946 transferred to France as Marceau. On reparations Z33 was transferred to the USSR as Provorny. Z38 was transferred to the UK as Nonsuch. Z39 was transferred to the USA as DD939 and in 1947 sold on spare parts to France.
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