German destroyer Z22 Anton Schmitt

Sister ship Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp underway, c. 1939
History
Nazi Germany
Name	Z22 Anton Schmitt
Namesake	Anton Schmitt
Ordered	6 January 1936
Builder	AG Weser (Deschimag), Bremen
Yard number	924
Laid down	3 January 1938
Launched	20 September 1938
Commissioned	24 September 1939
Fate	Sunk in the First Battle of Narvik, 10 April 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 1936 destroyer
Displacement	2,411 long tons (2,450 t) (standard) 3,415 long tons (3,470 t) (deep load)
Length	125.1 m (410 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam	11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draft	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Installed power	6 × water-tube boilers 70,000 PS (51,000 kW; 69,000 shp)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × geared steam turbine sets
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	2,050 nmi (3,800 km; 2,360 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	323
Armament	5 × single 12.7 cm (5 in) guns 2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns 6 × single 2 cm (0.79 in) AA guns 2 × quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 4 × depth charge throwers 60 mines

Z22 Anton Schmitt was one of six Type 1936 destroyers built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in the late 1930s. Completed after the beginning of World War II in September 1939, she helped to lay an offensive minefield off the English coast that claimed one small ship. During the German invasion of Norway in April 1940, the ship was tasked to attack Narvik and was sunk during the First Naval Battle of Narvik on 10 April.