In Service: 5 June 1943 to 26 March 1946
Ordered:
Builder: Deschimag,
Bremen
Construction No: 1004
Laid down: 14 January 1941
Launched: 5 May 1942
Commissioned: 5 June 1943
Type: Destroyer / Zerstörer
Class: Zerstörer 1936A (Mob)
Displacement: 2,657 tons standard 3,691 tons full load
Length: 127 m
Beam: 12 m
Draft: 4.62 m
Propulsion: 2 × shafts 2 × Wagner geared
turbines producing up to 71,915 shp
Propellers:
Speed: 36.1 knots
Range: 2,950 nautical miles at 19 knots
Crew: 330 men and officers
Armament:
5 × 15 cm L/48 SK C/36
carried 600 rounds
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried 8000 rounds
6 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30 after 1945
10 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 20000 rounds
18 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 after 1945
2 × 8.6 cm RaG rocket launchers
8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
12 × torpedo's carried
60 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: Destroyers
Articles:
5 June 1943
The destroyer Z34 is commissioned.
1945
The destroyer Z34 is seized as a prize of war by the USA.
26 March 1946
The destroyer Z34 is scuttled.
Karl
Hetz
Takes command on June 1943
Ends command on May 1945
German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
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