127,0 mOverall length
3542 tMaximum displacement
36,5 knMaximum speed
331Complement

Design and service

The story of Z44

Badly damaged during an air attack on 29.07.1944 shortly before the ship was planned to be commissioned.

Scrapped between April 1948 and February 1949.

At a glance

Technical profile

Dimensions, armament, protection and performance.

Dimensions

Size (Max)
3542 t
Length (Total)
127,0 m
Length (Waterline)
121,5
Beam
12,0 m
Draft
4,21m
Crew
331

Armament

12,7 cm L/45 C/36
5
3,7 cm L/83 C/30
4
2 cm MG L/65 C/30
14-16
53,3 cm Torpedo tubes
8
Mines
76
Depth Charge launcher
4

Machinery

Shafts
2
Turbines
2
Type
Wagner (Deschimag build)

Performance

Total Performance
70000 shp
Speed
36,5 kn
Range
2600miles at 19 kn

Construction record

Z44

Laid down
Deschimag Bremen, 1942
Launched
20.01.1944
Fate
scrapped 1948-1949