Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 3691 t
- Length (Total)
- 127,0 m
- Length (Waterline)
- 121,9 m
- Beam
- 12,0 m
- Draft
- 4,62 m
- Crew
- 320 - 332
127,0 mOverall length
3691 tMaximum displacement
37,5 knMaximum speed
320 - 332Complement
Design and service
The story of Z38
Z38 was sent to Norway in October 1943, the ship was part of the 4th destroyer division and escorted the battlecruiser Scharnhorst on its final mission. In January 1945 the complete division was ordered to return to Germany. During this transfer, the ship was attacked by the British CL Diadem and Mauritius near the Sogne-Fjord but escaped undamaged.
Z38 was then used in the final battles in the Baltic Sea and decommissioned on 10.05.1945.
Taken over by the British, renamed as Nonsuch. Used for trials and broken down in 1949-1950.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament, protection and performance.
Armament
- 15 cm L/48 C/36 (5,9")
- 5
- 3,7 cm L/83 C/30
- 4
- 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
- 9
- 53,3 cm Torpedo tubes
- 8
- Mines
- 60
- Depth Charge launcher
- 4
Machinery
- Shafts
- 2
- Turbines
- 2
- Type
- Wagner (Deschimag build)
Performance
- Total Performance
- 70000 shp
- Speed
- 37,5 kn
- Range
- 2239 miles at 19 kn
The archive
Models
Ship models in 1/1250 scale.
Construction record
Z38
- Laid down
- Germaniawerft Kiel, 1940
- Launched
- 05.08.1941
- Commissioned
- 20.03.1943
- Fate
- scrapped 1949