NAVYPEDIA

Ships

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

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	Z23, 24,: 2603 Z25 - 27: 2543 Z28: 2596 Z29, 30: 2657
Displacement full, t	Z23, 24: 3605 Z25 - 27: 3543 Z28: 3519 Z29 - 30: 3691
Length, m	121.9 wl 127.0 oa
Breadth, m	12.0
Draught, m	3.92 - 4.62
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Deschimag geared steam turbines, 6 Wagner boilers
Power, h. p.	70000
Max speed, kts	36
Fuel, t	Z23 - 27: oil 791 Z28: oil 804 Z29, 30: oil 825
Endurance, nm(kts)	Z23 - 27: 2500(19) Z28: 2900(19) Z29, 30: 2950(19)
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
Complement	320 - 332

Standard scale images

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 1936А 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 Ноchе and BU in 1958.