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Zerstörer 1936A (Mob)

After the start of World War II the construction of all new destroyers were canceled. Instead 12 additional ships of the Zerstörer 1936A class were ordered.

To save material and increase the constructions time, some slight internal simplifications and engine modifications were done. The 15 cm gun turrets were taken from the already ordered O-Class battlecruisers.

The engines caused less trouble than those of the previous destroyers but at the end of the war the remaining ships showed some heavy corrosion in the boilers and tubes.


Z31
Laid down: Deschimag Bremen, 01.09.1940
Launched: 15.04.1941
Commissioned: 11.04.1942
Fate: scrapped 1958

Z32
Laid down: Deschimag Bremen, 01.11.1940
Launched: 15.08.1941
Commissioned: 15.09.1942
Fate: sunk 09.06.1944

Z33
Laid down: Deschimag Bremen, 22.12.1940
Launched: 15.09.1941
Commissioned: 06.02.1943
Fate: scraped 1961

Z34
Laid down: Deschimag Bremen, 14.01.1941
Launched: 05.05.1942
Commissioned: 05.06.1943
Fate: scuttled 26.03.1946

Z37
Laid down: Germaniawerft Kiel, 1940
Launched: 24.02.1941
Commissioned: 16.07.1942
Fate: scrapped 1949

Z38
Laid down: Germaniawerft Kiel, 1940
Launched: 05.08.1941
Commissioned: 20.03.1943
Fate: scrapped 1949

Z39
Laid down: Germaniawerft Kiel, 1940
Launched: 05.08.1941
Commissioned: 21.08.1943
Fate: scrapped February 1964