At the outbreak of the Second World War, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, had 21 destroyers (Ger: Zerstörer) in service, while another one was just completing. These 22 vessels - comprising 3 classes (Type 34, 34A and 36) - had all been built in the 1930s, making them modern vessels (no destroyers remained in German hands following the close of the First World War). Including that final pre-war vessel, a further 19 were brought into service during the war and more were captured from opposing navies, including the Italian Navy (Regia Marina) after the Italian Armistice with the Allies in 1943.
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| - German World War II destroyers
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| - At the outbreak of the Second World War, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, had 21 destroyers (Ger: Zerstörer) in service, while another one was just completing. These 22 vessels - comprising 3 classes (Type 34, 34A and 36) - had all been built in the 1930s, making them modern vessels (no destroyers remained in German hands following the close of the First World War). Including that final pre-war vessel, a further 19 were brought into service during the war and more were captured from opposing navies, including the Italian Navy (Regia Marina) after the Italian Armistice with the Allies in 1943.
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| Ship displacement
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| Built range
| - 1935(xsd:integer)
- 1936(xsd:integer)
- 1938(xsd:integer)
- 1940(xsd:integer)
- 1941(xsd:integer)
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| Total ships planned
| - 8(xsd:integer)
- 26(xsd:integer)
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| Total ships lost
| - 1(xsd:integer)
- 3(xsd:integer)
- 4(xsd:integer)
- 5(xsd:integer)
- 7(xsd:integer)
- 11(xsd:integer)
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| Ship armament
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- • 4 or 5 × guns• 4 × 37 mm guns• 8 × 20 mm guns• 8 × torpedo tubes• 60 mines• 4 × depth charge launchers
- • 5 × guns• 4 × 37 mm guns• 16 × 20 mm guns• 8 × torpedo tubes• 76 mines• 4 × depth charge launchers
- • 4 × guns• 4 × 37 mm guns• 9 × 20 mm guns• 6 × torpedo tubes• 50 mines
- • 5 × guns• 4 × 37 mm guns• 12 × 20 mm guns• 8 × torpedo tubes• 60 mines• 4 × depth charge launchers
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| Ship complement
| - 205(xsd:integer)
- 323(xsd:integer)
- 325(xsd:integer)
- 330(xsd:integer)
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| Total ships completed
| - 3(xsd:integer)
- 6(xsd:integer)
- 7(xsd:integer)
- 8(xsd:integer)
- 12(xsd:integer)
- 15(xsd:integer)
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| Total ships scrapped
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| Ship class
| - Zerstörer 1936A
- Zerstörer 1936B
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| In commission range
| - 1937(xsd:integer)
- 1938(xsd:integer)
- 1940(xsd:integer)
- 1941(xsd:integer)
- 1942(xsd:integer)
- 1943(xsd:integer)
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| Ship caption
| - The scuttled wreck of the Bernd von Arnim in the Rombaksfjord near Narvik.
- Z1 Leberecht Maass
- Z39 under US flag as DD-939 in 1945
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| - At the outbreak of the Second World War, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, had 21 destroyers (Ger: Zerstörer) in service, while another one was just completing. These 22 vessels - comprising 3 classes (Type 34, 34A and 36) - had all been built in the 1930s, making them modern vessels (no destroyers remained in German hands following the close of the First World War). Including that final pre-war vessel, a further 19 were brought into service during the war and more were captured from opposing navies, including the Italian Navy (Regia Marina) after the Italian Armistice with the Allies in 1943. German destroyer classes were generally known by the year of their design. Because of their size, use and weaponry, some vessels classified as "fleet torpedo boats", Flottentorpedoboot, are also described. Class general characteristics are taken from the first of each class, and may differ slightly for individual ships, particularly when they were refitted. Post-war, some surviving ships had significant changes to armament.
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