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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Type 36B destroyer |
| Builders | DeSchiMAG, Bremen |
| Operators |  Kriegsmarine |
| Preceded by | Type 1936A destroyer |
| Succeeded by | Type 1936C destroyer |
| Built | 1941–1945 |
| In commission | 1943–1945 |
| Planned | 8 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Cancelled | 3 |
| Lost | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 127 m (416 ft 8 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 4.32 m (14 ft 2 in) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 2,600 nmi (4,800 km; 3,000 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement | 316–336 |
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The Type 1936B destroyers were a group of five destroyers built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine between 1941 and 1942, of which only three were completed and saw service. Eight ships of this design were ordered, but the orders for three ships were cancelled before construction began. Z35 was the first ship of the class to be completed and was commissioned in mid-1943. Her sister ships, Z36 and Z43, followed in 1944. Z44 was sunk during an air raid in 1944 before she was completed while Z45 was never completed. Both ships were scrapped after the war.
All three ships spent the war in the Baltic Sea, escorting German convoys, laying minefields, and bombarding Soviet forces in 1944–1945. Z35 and Z36 were lost in the Gulf of Finland after hitting friendly mines in late 1944, while Z43 was scuttled a few days before the end of the war in May 1945.