Z 45

Z 45

Ship data flag  German Empire Ship type destroyer class Destroyer 1936B (Mob) Shipyard Deschimag Weser , Bremen Build number 1031 Keel laying September 1, 1943 Launch April 15, 1944 Whereabouts Wrecked in 1946

Ship dimensions and crew length 127 m ( Lüa ) 121.9 m ( Lpp ) width 12.0 m Draft Max. 3.83 m displacement 2519 ts standard 3542 ts max.   crew 332 men

Machine system machine 6 × steam boiler 2 sets of Deschimag steam turbines Machine performance 70,000 PS (51,485 kW) Top speed 37.5 kn (69 km / h) propeller 2

Armament 5 × 1 12.7-cm SK C / 34 (L / 45) 4 × 2 3.7 cm SK C / 30 (L / 83) 3 × 4 2 cm Flak C / 38 (L / 65) 3 × 1 2 cm flak C / 38 (L / 65) 2 × 4 torpedo tubes Ø 53.3 cm (16 torpedoes) 4 depth charges (30) up to 60 sea ​​mines Sensors 1 GHG (group listening device) 1 Atlas echo sounder 1 swiveling sonar through 160 ° 1 FuMO 21 (GEMA FMG 39 G) 1 fire control radar for artillery 2 radio monitoring devices (FuMB) 1 fire control radar for the flak

Z 45 was a destroyer of the type B 1936 (Mob) of the German navy .

history

The order for the Z 45 was placed on February 17, 1941. Z 45 was the fifth destroyer of the 1936 B (Mob) type. He was at work Weser the Deschimag in Bremen built. The destroyer was another variant of the 1936 destroyer . The type 1936 B (Mob) was therefore not a new development, but largely corresponded to the predecessor types.

A major change in the 1936 B (Mob) type was the return from 15 cm to 12.7 cm rapid fire guns.

Z 45 was laid down on September 1, 1943 and launched on April 15, 1944. At the end of the war in May 1945, the destroyer was almost finished. In 1946 the Z 45 was broken up in the shipyard.

literature

• Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung [arr.]: The ships of the German Navy and Air Force 1939–1945 and their whereabouts. Bernard & Graefe, Bonn 2000 (9th, revised and expanded edition), ISBN 978-3763762156 .
• Hans H. Hildebrand / Albert Röhr / Hans-Otto Steinmetz: The German warships: Biographies - a mirror of naval history from 1815 to the present , Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford
• Wolfgang Harnack: Destroyers under the German flag: 1934 to 1945. Koehler, Hamburg 1997 (3rd, revised edition), ISBN 3-7822-0698-3 .
• Volkmar Kühn: Torpedo boats and destroyers in action 1939–1945. The fight and destruction of a weapon. Flechsig, Würzburg 2006 (6th, ext. A. special edition), ISBN 978-3881896375 .
• Anthony Preston: Superdestroyers - The German Narvik type 1936 , Warship special 2, Conway maritime press, Greenwich (1978), pp. 62 ff., ISBN 0-85177-131-9 .
• Mike J. Whitley: Destroyers in World War II: Technique - Class - Types. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 978-3613014268 .

Web links

• Germany 12.7 cm / 45 (5 ") SK C / 34 on navweaps.com (accessed November 23, 2015)
• Germany 3.7 cm / L83 (1.5 ") SK C / 30 on navweaps.com (accessed April 29, 2014)
• Germany 2 cm / 65 (0.79 ") C / 30 and C / 38 on navweaps.com (English, accessed April 29, 2014)
• "1936B (Mob)" type destroyers 1943/44 (English, accessed October 24, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Preston: Superdestroyers , p. 69
2. ↑ Hans H. Hildebrand / Albert Röhr / Hans-Otto Steinmetz: The German Warships: Biographies - A Mirror of Naval History from 1815 to the Present , Mundus Verlag - Approved licensed edition by Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft Hamburg, without year, page 160