1936A Type
Z23 to Z34 ( "8 Zerstorer-Flotille Narvik") German
Destroyers Z23, Z24, Z25, Z26, Z27, Z28, Z29, Z30, Z31 Z32, Z33, Z34,
Built at Bremen by Deschimag 12 Destroyers all
built by Deschimag at Bremen, and laid down between 1939 - 1940,
This class of destroyer was known by their crews as the "Narviks"
Most of this class were to become the 8th destroyer flotilla or better
known in Germany as "8 Zerstorer-Flotille Narvik"
Displacement: 2,600 tons Speed: 38.5
knots, Crew 321 Range: Z23 - Z27 was 5000 miles
at 19 knots, Z28 - Z29 was 5800 miles at 19 knots, Z30 - Z34
was 5900 miles at 19 knots, Armament: Four 5.9 -inch guns
, Four 37mm AA in pairs, Fourteen 20mm AA guns,
Eight 21 inch Torpedo Tubes. When fitted as a minelayer they
carried 60 mine..
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| Z23 |
14th December 1939 |
Bombed and sunk 21st August 1944 at La
Pallice but some info suggests it was Scrapped in 1948. |
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Commissioning ceremony of Z23, 14th September
1940. Contributed by David Walker. |
| Z24 |
7th March 1940 |
Sunk on 24th / 25th August 1944. at Le
Verdon |
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Z24. Contributed by David Walker. |
| Z25 |
16th March 1940 |
Given to France at the end of the war. as
Hoche and finally broken up 1956 |
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Z25. Contributed by David Walker. |
| Z26 |
2nd April 1940 |
Sunk on 29th March 1942. in the Arctic
Ocean of Murmansk by HMS Trinidad and Destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS
Fury |
| Z27 |
1st August 1940 |
Sunk on 28th December 1943. in the Bay of
Biscay by HMS Glasgow and HMS Enterprise |
| Z28 |
20th August 1940 |
Sunk on 6th March 1945. by Bombing at
Sassnitz |
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Z28. Contributed by David Walker. |
| Z29 |
15th October 1940 |
Scuttled at Skaggerak on 16th December 1946.
after being given to the USA |
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Z29. Contributed by David Walker. |
| Z30 |
8th December 1940 |
Given to Britain at the end of the war. and
blown up in Explosive experiments |
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Crew of Z30. Contributed by David Walker. |
| Z32 |
15th August 1941 |
Beached on 8th June 1944 and scuttled
after taking heavy damage from
RCN Haida and RCN Huron. HMS Ashanti, HMS Tartar and Polish Blyskawica, |
| Z33 |
15th September 1941 |
Given to the USSR at the end of the war and served as
Provornyj until scrapped in 1960s. |
| Z34 |
5th May 1942 |
Damage by a Russian torpedo on 16th April 1945, after
WW2 she was transferred to America but was scuttled on 26th March 1946. |
