Leberecht
Maass class 1934 Type 16 Destroyers, Leberecht Maas Z1, Georg Thiele (Z2)
Max Schultz (Z3) Richard Beitzen (Z4) Paul Jacobi (Z5) Paul Jacobi (Z5)
Theodor Riedel (Z6) Hermann Schoemann (Z7) Bruno Heinemann (Z8)
Wolfgang Zenker (Z9) Hans Lody (Z10) Bernd von Arnim (Z11) Erich Giese (Z12)
Erich Koellner (Z13) Friedrich Ihn (Z14)Erich Steinbrinck (Z15) and Friedrich Eckoldt (Z16) Laid
down in 1934 / 1935. They were the first German Destroyers to be fitted
with Quadruple mounted Torpedo Tubes. Displacement:
2,200 tons Speed: 30 knots, Crew 315 Range: 4,400 miles at
19 knots, Armament: Five 5 -inch guns , Four 37mm AA in
pairs, Six 20mm AA guns, Eight Torpedo Tubes. When
fitted as a minelayer they carried 60 mine.. |
| Leberecht Maas (Z1) |
18th August 1935 |
Sunk on 22nd February 1940. |
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Leberecht Maas, 1937.
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| Georg Thiele (Z2) |
18th August 1935 |
Sunk on 13th April 1940. |
| Max Schultz (Z3) |
30th November 1935 |
Sunk on 22nd February 1940. |
| Richard Beitzen (Z4) |
30th November 1935 |
Given to Britain after the end of WW2. |
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1934A Type |
| Paul Jacobi (Z5) |
24th March 1936 |
Given to France at the end of WW2 and served under the
name of Desaix until scrapped in 1951. |
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Paul Jacobi.
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| Theodor Riedel (Z6) |
22nd April 1936 |
Given to France at the end of WW2 and served under the
name of Kleber until scrapped in 1958. |
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| Hermann Schoemann (Z7) |
16th July 1936 |
Scuttled on 2nd May 1942 after an attack by the cruiser
HMS Edinburgh. |
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Hermann Schoemann (Z7)
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| Bruno Heinemann (Z8) |
15th September 1936 |
Sunk by mines on 25th January 1942. |
| Wolfgang Zenker (Z9) |
27th March 1936 |
Sunk on 13th April 1940, raised and scrapped in 1960. |
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Wolfgang Zenker.
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| Hans Lody (Z10) |
14th May 1936 |
Given to Britain at the end of WW2 she served as R38
until scrapped in 1949. |
| Bernd von Arnim (Z11) |
8th July 1936 |
Sunk on 13th April 1940, raised and scrapped in 1962. |
| Erich Giese (Z12) |
12th March 1927 |
Sunk on 13th April 1940. |
| Erich Koellner (Z13) |
18th March 1937 |
Sunk on 13th April 1940. |
| Friedrich Ihn (Z14) |
5th November 1935 |
Given to the USSR at the end of WW2 and served as
Pospeshnyi until scrapped in the 1950s. |
| Erich Steinbrinck (Z15) |
24th September 1936 |
Given to the USSR at the end of WW2 and served as
Pylkij until scrapped in the early 1960s. |
| Friedrich Eckoldt (Z16) |
21st March 1937 |
Sunk by HMS Sheffield on 31st December 1942. |
