In Service: 30 November 1940 to 1958
Ordered:
Builder: Deschimag,
Bremen
Construction No: 959
Laid down: 15 February 1939
Launched: 16 March 1940
Commissioned: 30 November 1940
Type: Destroyer / Zerstörer
Class: Zerstörer 1936A "Narvik"
Displacement: 2,543 tons standard 3,543 tons full load
Length: 127 m
Beam: 12 m
Draft: 4.43 m
Propulsion: 2 × shafts 2 × Wagner geared
turbines
Power: 70,000 shp
Propellers:
Speed: 36 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
10 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30 after 1944
5 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 10000 to 14000 rounds
12 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 after 1942
carried 24000 to 32000 rounds
17 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 after 1944
8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
12 × torpedo's carried
60 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Variants:
Other: Destroyers
Articles:
Downloads:
Film Clips: Kriegsmarine
Film Footage
30 November 1940
The destroyer Z25 is commissioned
6 January 1946
The destroyer Z25 is seized as a prize of war by the British.
1946
The destroyer Z25 is transferred to France.
1946
The destroyer Z25 is renamed Hoche.
2 January 1958
The destroyer Hoche is renamed Q 102.
1958
The destroyer Q 102 is broken up, and scrapped.
Heinrich
Gerlach
Takes command on November 1940
Ends command on July 1941
Kurt
Haun
Takes command on July 1941
Ends command on September 1941
Heinz
Peters
Takes command on September 1941
Ends command on August 1943
Heinz
Birnbacher
Takes command on August 1943
Ends command on November 1943
Gohrbrandt
Takes command on December 1943
Ends command on May 1945
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
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