| German destroyer Z30 | |
|---|---|
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
| Name: | Z30 |
| Ordered: | 23 April 1938 |
| Builder: | DeSchiMAG, Bremen |
| Yard number: | W964 |
| Laid down: | 15 April 1940 |
| Launched: | 8 December 1940 |
| Completed: | 15 November 1941 |
| Captured: | 6 May 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Type 1936A-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,657 long tons (2,700 t) (standard) |
| Length: | 127 m (416 ft 8 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Draft: | 4.43 m (14 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power: | 70,000 shp (52,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × shafts 2 × Wagner geared steam turbine sets 6 × Wagner water-tube boilers |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range: | 2,174 nmi (4,026 km; 2,502 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement: | 336 |
| Armament: |
4 × 1 - 150 mm (5.9 in) guns 2 × 2 - 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft (AA) guns 7 × 1 - 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × 4 - 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 60 mines |
Z30 was a Type 1936A-class destroyer built for the Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was seized by Norway after the war and given to Britain, where she was used by the Royal Navy as a target ship until she was scrapped in 1949.
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References[]
- Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Volume 1: Major Surface Warships. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-790-9.
- Koop, Gerhard; Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (2003). German Destroyers of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-307-1.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Whitley, M. J. (1991). German Destroyers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-302-8.
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