In
Service: 8 January 1938 to 25 January 1942
Ordered: Builder: Deschimag,
Bremen
Construction No: 902
Laid down: 14 January 1936
Launched: 15 September 1936
Commissioned: 8 January 1938
Type: Destroyer / Zerstörer
Class: Zerstörer 1934A
Displacement: 2,171 tons standard 3,110 tons full load
Length:
120 m
Beam: 11.3 m
Draft: 4.28 m
Propulsion:
2 × shafts 2 × Wagner geared turbines producing up to 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: Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants: Other:
Destroyers Articles: 8 January 1938 The destroyer Bruno Heinemann is commissioned.
12 to 13 December 1939 The destroyer Bruno Heinemann carries out
mine laying operation against Newcastle. Along with the destroyers, Erich Steinbrinck,
Richard Beitzen, Friedirch Ihn and Hermann Künne. On the way back meet up
with light cruisers Nürnberg, Leipzig and Köln. Nürnberg and Köln
are both hit by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Salmon escort the returning
ships.
17 to 18 April 1940 The destroyer Bruno Heinemann carries
out mine laying operations in the North Sea along with the destroyers Richard
Beitzen and Hermann Schoemann.
19 to 20 April 1940 The destroyer
Bruno Heinemann carries out mine laying operations in the North Sea along with
the destroyers Richard Beitzen and Hermann Schoemann.
29 to 30 April
1940 The destroyer Bruno Heinemann escorts the minelayers Roland, Preussen
and Kaiser, Along with Richard Beitzen and the torpedo boats Wolf, Möwe,
Kondor and Leopard, during the course of laying mines the torpedo boat Leopard
is rammed and lost by the mine layer Kaiser.
9 May 1940 The
destroyer Bruno Heinemann escorts the minelayers, Kaiser, Preussen, Roland and
Corba, Along with Richard Beitzen and Hermann Schoemann and the torpedo boat Greif
plus three S-boats during the course of operation British aircraft are detected
and the operation cancelled.
14 to 17 January 1942 The destroyer
Bruno Heinemann escorts battleship Tirpitz to the Trondheimfjord. Along with Paul
Jakobi, Richard Beitzen and Z29.
18 to 20 January 1942 The
destroyers Bruno Heinemann returns to Germany along with Richard Beitzen , Paul
Jakobi and Z29.
24 to 26 January 1942 The destroyer Bruno
Heinemann is transferred to Le Havre along with Herman Schoemann, Paul Jakobi
and Richard Beitzen. During the journey Bruno Heinemann is struck by two mines
and is lost.
25 January 1942 The destroyer Bruno Heinemann
is struck by two mines and is lost. 93 crew lost.
Fritz
Berger
Takes command on January 1938
Ends command on December 1939
Georg
Langheld
Takes command on December 1939
Ends command on May 1940
Hermann
Alberts
Takes command on May 1940
Ends command on January 1942
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
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