German destroyer Z35
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Z35 was the lead ship of her class of destroyers built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in late 1943, the ship spent the war in the Baltic Sea, escorting German ships, laying minefields, and bombarding Soviet forces. On 12 December 1944, 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. Z35 struck one or more mines and sank with the loss of all but 70 crewmen. The wreck was discovered and surveyed in 1994.
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Z35 at sea in the Baltic, 1944 | |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | Z35 |
Ordered | 17 February 1941 |
Builder | AG Weser (Deschimag), Bremen |
Yard number | W1005 |
Laid down | 6 June 1941 |
Launched | 2 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 22 September 1943 |
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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