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Ships

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

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2657
Displacement full, t	3691
Length, m	121.9 wl 127.0 oa
Breadth, m	12.0
Draught, m	3.92
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Deschimag geared steam turbines, 6 Wagner boilers
Power, h. p.	70000
Max speed, kts	36
Fuel, t	oil 825
Endurance, nm(kts)	2950(19)
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
Complement	332

Standard scale images

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.