Name Z35 Commissioned 22 September 1943 Construction started 6 June 1941 Draft 4.21 m | Laid down 6 June 1941 Class and type Zerstörer 1936B Launched 2 October 1942 | |
Fate Sunk 12 December 1944, while laying a minefield off Estonia in the Gulf of Finland Notes Captained by Kapitänleutnant Niels Bätge Builders Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau, AG Weser | ||
Z35 was a Type 1936B destroyer of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 6 June 1941 at AG Weser (Deschimag) in Bremen, launched on 2 October 1942 and commissioned on 22 September 1943. Her service was with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla in the Baltic Sea under the command of Kapitänleutnant Niels Bätge. On 12 December 1944, while laying a minefield off Estonia in the Gulf of Finland, she struck a German mine and sank.
Design
Z35 was a Type 1936B-class destroyer, which meant that the twin 15 cm (5.9 in) turrets positioned on the bow and stern of the ship were removed. This was because the older Type 1936A class of destroyers were deemed less stable. The twin turrets, which were planned to have been used on the O-class battlecruisers but diverted due to time constraints were removed and replaced with five single 12.7 centimetres (5.0 in) turrets, along with more anti-aircraft defences. Besides that, the ship retained the main characteristics of the 1936A class. They displaced 2,527 tonnes (2,487 long tons), and were manned by 321 sailors and officers. Although they had a maximum speed of 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph), their range was 6,200,000 metres (6,200 km) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). Her main armament of five 12.7 cm SK C/34 naval guns could be depressed to −10° and raised to 30°. They had an arc of fire of 360°, meaning that they could rotate a full circle, able to fire at any given point. The guns fired 28-kilogram (62 lb) high-explosive shells at a muzzle velocity of 830 metres per second (2,700 ft/s) to a range of 17,400 metres (19,000 yd). The destroyer also carried four 3.7 cm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns and six 2 cm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft guns in pairs. She had eight 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes and, when fitted as a minelayer, could carry 76 mines.