Together with the cruisers Köln, Leipzig, Nürnberg and other destroyers operations in the Danzig Beight.
121,0 mOverall length
3190 tMaximum displacement
37,0 knMaximum speed
325Complement
Design and service
The story of Z9 Wolfgang Zenker
Z 9 Wolfgang Zenker 1938 Wolfgang Zenker was part of the 6th Destroyer Division at the outbreak of the war, operating in the Baltic Sea near Danzig and later transferred to the North Sea after the Polnish campaign. The ship took part in two mining operations in British coastal waters. During in Operation Weserübung the Wolfgang Zenker was part of the Kriegsschiffgruppe 1 heading for Narvik and scuttled on 13.04.1940 in the Rombakkenfjord near Narvik after a battle with British destroyers because being out of ammo and fuel.
Operational history
Service timeline
Mine laying operations together with the destroyers Richard Heinemann and Erich Koellner against Cromer.
Mine laying operations together with the destroyers Bruno Heinemann and Erich Koellner against the Haisborough lightship. The mine laying destroyers are supported by Wilhelm Heidkamp, Theodor Riedel and Hermann Schoemann.
Operation Weserübung: Wolfgang Zenker joins the destroyers Georg Thiele, Anton Schmitt, Bernd von Arnim, Erich Giese, Erich Koellner, Diether von Roeder, Hans Lüdemann, Hermann Künne and Wilhelm Heidkamp in the Narvik Attack Group.
Operation Weserübung: After running out of fuel and ammunition, the destroyer is scuttled in the Rombarksbotten.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament, protection and performance.
Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 3190 t
- Length (Total)
- 121,0 m
- Length (Waterline)
- 116,0 m
- Beam
- 11,3 m
- Draft
- 4,23 m
- Crew
- 325
Armament
- 12,7 cm L/45 C/36
- 5
- 3,7 cm L/83 C/30
- 4
- 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
- 6
- 53,3 cm Torpedo tubes
- 8
- Mines
- 60
Machinery
- Shafts
- 2
- Turbines
- 2
- Type
- Wagner Geared Turbines
Performance
- Total Performance
- 70000 shp
- Speed
- 37,0 kn
- Range
- 2680 sm at 19 kn
The archive
Models
Ship models in 1/1250 scale.
Construction record
Z9 Wolfgang Zenker
- Laid down
- Germaniawerft Kiel, 23.03.1935
- Launched
- 27.03.1936
- Commissioned
- 02.07.1938
- Fate
- scuttled on 13.04.1940
- Cost
- 13,4 Mio Reichsmark