Von
Roeder Class 6 destroyers, Diether von Roeder (Z17) Hans Lüdemann (Z18)
Hermann Künne (Z19)Karl Galster (Z20) Wilhelm Heidkamp (Z21) Anton Schmitt (Z22)
all built at Bremen by Deschimag
Last
class of German destroyers laid down before World War Two
Displacement:
2,400 tons Speed: 38 knots, Crew 315 Range: 4,850
miles at 19 knots, Armament: Five 5 -inch guns , Six 37mm AA
in pairs, Twelve 20mm AA guns, Eight 21 inch Torpedo
Tubes. When fitted as a minelayer they carried 60 mine..