In Service: 9 August 1941 to 6 March 1945
Ordered:
Builder: Deschimag,
Bremen
Construction No: 962
Laid down: 30 November 1939
Launched: 20 August 1940
Commissioned: 9 August 1941
Type: Destroyer / Zerstörer
Class: Zerstörer 1936A "Narvik"
Displacement: 2,596 tons standard 3,519 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: 37.5 knots
Range: 2,900 nautical miles at 19 knots
Crew: 330 men and officers
Armament:
4 × 15 cm L/48 SK C/36
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 1944-45
6 × 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
10 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 after 1944-45
8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
12 × torpedo's carried
60 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Variants:
Other: Destroyers
Articles:
Downloads:
Film Clips: Kriegsmarine
Film Footage
9 August 1941
The destroyer Z28 is commissioned.
6 March 1945
The destroyer Z28 is sunk by the British RAF. 150 crew lost.
Position 54° 30N 19° 40E.
Hans
Erdmenger
Takes command on August 1941
Ends command on February 1943
Günter
Schulz
Takes command on February 1943
Ends command on February 1943
Hans-Jürgen
Reinicke
Takes command on February 1943
Ends command on March 1943
Adolf
Zenker
Takes command on March 1943
Ends command on January 1944
Heinrich
Gerlach
Takes command on January 1944
Ends command on July 1944
Neub
Takes command on July 1944
Ends command on August 1944
Heinrich
Gerlach
Takes command on August 1944
Ends command on October 1944
Kuster
Takes command on October 1944
Ends command on December 1944
Carl-Heinrich
Lampe
Takes command on January 1945
Ends command on March 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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