The Type 1934A class destroyer consisted of a dozen ships laid down between July and November 1935. They were only slightly modified from the design of the preceding 1934 class and continued their predecessors' limited endurance and magazine capacity - factors which contributed to the heavy German losses at the Second Battle of Narvik. Five survived the war.
Specifications[]
- Type: Destroyer
- Service Period: 1937-1958
- Characteristics:
- Length: 390 feet 5 inches (119 meters)
- Beam: 37 feet 1 inch (11.3 meters)
- Draft: 13 feet 11 inches (4.24 meters)
- Displacement: 2,432 tons (Standard); 3,484 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 325
- Propulsion: 6 x Benson boilers, 2 x Wagner geared steam turbines, 2 x shafts, 70,000 shp
- Range: 4,400 nautical miles (8,185 kilometers) at 19 knots (35.19 km/h)
- Speed: 36 knots (66.67 km/h)
- Armament:
- 5 x 127mm SK C/34 dual purpose naval guns
- 4 x 37mm SK C/30 anti-aircraft guns
- 6 x 20mm C/30 anti-aircraft guns
- 8 x 533mm torpedo tubes
- 6 x depth charge racks (carries 64 depth charges)
- 4 x depth charge throwers
- 60 x mines
Unit Run[]
- KMS Z5 Paul Jakobi
- KMS Z6 Theodor Riedel
- KMS Z7 Hermann Schoemann
- KMS Z8 Bruno Heinemann
- KMS Z9 Wolfgang Zenker
- KMS Z10 Hans Lody
- KMS Z11 Bernd von Arnim
- KMS Z12 Erich Giese
- KMS Z13 Erich Koellner
- KMS Z14 Friedrich Ihn
- KMS Z15 Erich Steinbrinck
- KMS Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt