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Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp

Zerstörer 1939 - 1940  Zerstörer 1936  Class

   Ship Info   History   Operational History   Technical Data   1:1250 Model 

Z 21 Wilhelm Heidkamp (1939)

Named after Wilhelm Heidkamp, naval engineer who saved the battlecruiser Seydlitz during the battle of the Doggerbank while opening glowing valves to prevent a magazine explosion.


Contruction Data

Laid down:     Deschimag Bremen, 15.12.1937
Launched:     20.08.1938
Commissioned:     10.06.1939
Fate:     sunk on 11.04.1940
Costs:     12,87 Mio Reichsmark

Commanders

KK Erdmenger:     20.06.1939 - 11.04.1940

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  Thanks to:  John J Markowski