 Sister ship Z29, 1945
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| History | |
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 Nazi Germany | |
| Name | Z30 |
| Ordered | 23 April 1938 |
| Builder | AG Weser (Deschimag), Bremen |
| Yard number | W964 |
| Laid down | 15 April 1940 |
| Launched | 8 December 1940 |
| Commissioned | 15 November 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 14 May 1945 |
| Captured | 6 May 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 9 September 1948 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Type 1936A destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 127 m (416 ft 8 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 4.62 m (15 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbine sets |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 2,950 nmi (5,460 km; 3,390 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement | 332 |
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Z30 was one of fifteen Type 1936A destroyers built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in 1941, the ship was transferred to Norwegian waters in early 1942 where she remained for most of the rest of her career, escorting convoys and laying minefields. She played a minor role in the indecisive Battle of the Barents Sea at the end of the year and was damaged during the raid on the island of Spitsbergen in September 1943.
Z30 was crippled when she struck a mine in late 1944 and spent the rest of the war under repair. The ship was allocated to Great Britain after the war who used her to test the effects of underwater explosions. Upon their completion in 1948, Z30 was broken up for scrap.