In Service: 2 July 1938 to 13 April 1940
Ordered:
Builder: F.
Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel
Construction No: 535
Laid down: 23 March 1935
Launched: 27 March 1936
Commissioned: 2 July 1938
Type: Destroyer
Class: Zerstörer
Displacement: 2,270 tons standard 3,190 tons full load
Length: 120 m
Beam: 11.3 m
Draft: 4.23 m
Propulsion: 2 × shafts 2 × Wagner geared
turbines
Power: 70,000 shp
Propellers:
Speed: 38.7 knots
Range: 1,825 nautical miles at 19 knots
Crew: 325 men and officers
Armament:
5 × 12.7 cm L/45 SK C/34
carried 600 rounds
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried 8000 rounds
6 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 12000 rounds
8 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 after mid 1942
carried 16000 rounds
8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
8 torpedo's carried
4 × depth charge launchers
60 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Variants:
Other: Destroyers
Articles:
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Film Clips: Kriegsmarine
Film Footage
2 July 1938
The destroyer Wolfgang Zenker is commissioned.
3 September 1939
The destroyer Wolfgang Zenker and her sister ship Leberecht
Maass engage Polish forces Gryf Polish minelayer, Wicher Polish
destroyer, Polish coastal batteries at Hela. Leberecht Maass
sustained one hit.
8 April 1940
The destroyer Wolfgang Zenker takes part in operation Weserübung
(Invasion of Denmark and Norway) along with Anton Schmitt,
Wilhlem Heidkamp, Diether von Roeder, Erich Giese, Erich Koellner,
Bernd von Arnim, Hans Lüdemann, Hermann Künne and
Georg Thiele.
13 April 1940
The destroyer Wolfgang Zenker is scuttled and sunk, undamaged
due to there being no ammuntion or fuel. Position 68°
25N 17° 55E.
Gottfried
Pönitz
Takes command on July 1938
Ends command on April 1940
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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