The Type 1936-class destroyers were destroyers of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, used during World War II. These 6 ships were improved and enlarged versions of the 1934 and 1934A classes. Despite the serious faults of the earlier ships not being apparent when these were in design, they had been resolved. Engine reliability and the structural integrity was much improved and they were much better seagoing ships, shipping much less water through an improvement in the design of the bows.
Specifications[]
- Type: Destroyer
- Service Period:
- Characteristics:
- Length: 410 feet 5 inches (125.1 meters)
- Beam: 38 feet 7 inches (11.76 meters)
- Draft: 14 feet 9 inches (4.5 meters)
- Displacement: 2,762 tons (Standard);
- Crew: 323
- Propulsion: 6 × Wagner water-tube boilers, 2 x Wagner geared steam turbine sets, 2 x shafts, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW)
- Range: 2,090 nautical miles (3,870.7 kilometers) at 19 knots (35.19 km/h)
- Speed: 36 knots (66.7 km/h)
- Armament:
- 5 x 12.7cm/45-caliber SK C/34 naval guns (5x1)
- 4 x 3.7cm/69-caliber Flak M42 anti-aircraft guns (2x2)
- 7 x 2cm/65-caliber C/30 anti-aircraft machine guns (7x1)
- 8 x 53.3cm torpedo tubes (4x2)
- 60 x mines
Unit Run[]
- KMS Z17 Diether von Roeder
- KMS Z18 Hans Lüdemann
- KMS Z19 Hermann Künne
- KMS Z20 Karl Galster
- KMS Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp
- KMS Z22 Anton Schmitt