Z24

Destroyer

Service Data

In Service: 26 October 1940 to 25 August 1944

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: Deschimag, Bremen
Construction No: 958
Laid down: 2 January 1939
Launched: 7 March 1940
Commissioned: 26 October 1940

Technical Data

Type: Destroyer / Zerstörer
Class: Zerstörer 1936A "Narvik"

Displacement: 2,603 tons standard 3,605 tons full load
Length: 127 m
Beam: 12 m
Draft: 4.65 m
Propulsion: 2 × shafts 2 × Wagner geared turbines
Power: 70,000 shp
Propellers:
Speed: 37.5 knots
Range: 2,500 nautical miles at 19 knots
Crew: 330 men and officers
Armament:
4 × 15 cm L/48 SK C/36
carried 600 rounds
5 × 15 cm L/48 SK C/36 after 1944
carried 480 rounds
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried 8000 rounds
5 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 10000 to 14000 rounds
16 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 after 1942
carried 24000 to 32000 rounds
8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
12 × torpedo's carried
60 mines
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Other: Destroyers
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Film Clips: Kriegsmarine Film Footage

History

Career

26 October 1940
The destroyer Z24 is commissioned.

25 August 1944
The destroyer Z24 is sunk by the British RAF. Position 45° 31N 01° 06W.

1946
The destroyer Z24 is raised and broken up, and scrapped.

Commanders

Martin Salzwedel
Takes command on October 1940
Ends command on October 1943


Heinz Birnbacher
Takes command on December 1943
Ends command on August 1944

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Sources

German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330

German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X

German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378

For a complete list of sources