Mine laying operations together with the destroyers Wilhelm Heidkamp, Karl Galster, Richard Beitzen, Friedrich Ihn and Friedrich Eckold against Newcastle.
125,10 mOverall length
3469tMaximum displacement
40,45 knMaximum speed
323Complement
Design and service
The story of Z22 Anton Schmitt
Until February 1940 the ship took part in one offensive mine laying operation in the North Sea. During in Operation Weserübung, Z22 Anton Schmitt was part of the Kriegsschiffgruppe 1 heading for Narvik and sunk by two torpedoes shoot from British destroyers on 10. 04.
1940 while anchoring in Narvik harbor.
Operational history
Service timeline
Operation Weserübung: Anton Schmitt joins the destroyers Georg Thiele, Wolfgang Zenker, Bernd von Arnim, Erich Giese, Erich Koellner, Diether von Roeder, Hans Lüdemann, Hermann Künne and Wilhelm Heidkamp in the Narvik Attack Group.
Operation Weserübung: The destroyer is sunk by British destroyers at Narvik by artillery and torpedo hits.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament, protection and performance.
Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 3469t
- Length (Total)
- 125,10 m
- Length (Waterline)
- 120,60 m
- Beam
- 11,75 m
- Draft
- 4,50 m
- Crew
- 323
Armament
- 12,7 cm L/45 C/34 (5")
- 5
- 3,7 cm L/83 C/30
- 4
- 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
- 4
- 53,3 cm Torpedo tubes
- 8
- Mines
- 60
- Depth Charge launcher
- 4
Machinery
- Shafts
- 2
- Turbines
- 2
- Type
- Wagner (Deschimag build)
Performance
- Total Performance
- 74482
- Speed
- 40,45 kn
- Range
- 2050 miles at 19 kn
Construction record
Z22 Anton Schmitt
- Laid down
- Deschimag Bremen, 03.01.1938
- Launched
- 20.09.1938
- Commissioned
- 24.09.1939
- Fate
- sunk on 10.04.1940
- Cost
- 12,87 Mio Reichsmark