German destroyer Z36
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Z36 was one of five Type 1936B destroyers built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in early 1944, the ship spent the war in the Baltic Sea, escorting German ships, laying minefields, and bombarding Soviet forces. On 12 December, a navigational error caused her to enter a German minefield as she was preparing to lay another minefield in the Gulf of Finland off the Estonian coast. Z36 struck a single mine and sank with the loss of all hands. The wreck was surveyed in 1994.
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History | |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | Z36 |
Ordered | 17 February 1941 |
Builder | AG Weser (Deschimag), Bremen |
Yard number | W1006 |
Laid down | 15 September 1941 |
Launched | 15 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 19 February 1944 |
Fate | Sunk by mine, 12 December 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 1936B destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 127 m (416 ft 8 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 4.32 m (14 ft 2 in) |
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Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 2,600 nmi (4,800 km; 3,000 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 316–336 |
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