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were also supposed to participate, but the former had problems with her boilers that reduced her maximum speed to 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) and she had to be escorted back to
Germany by the latter ship. The minefield only claimed one fishing trawler of 251 GRT.
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was also installed that year. The details of the changes made to her anti-aircraft suite are not well documented, but photographic evidence shows that a quadruple 2 cm mount had been added by early 1944. Before the end of the war, the ship had her
1297:, but only sank one of the former and the barge, totaling 424 GRT. This time the 5th Destroyer Flotilla was able to intercept around 06:30 on 29 November. The Germans opened fire first, each destroyer firing four torpedoes, of which only two from
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asking "everybody to "Curry" who can make it until dawn on the 8th". Dönitz had chosen the word "Curry" to obscure the fact that he wanted the ships to go on a rescue mission. The German captains knew "Curry" to be the nickname of their former
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back in the dockyard for further work until about August when she began escorting convoys in southern Norway and helping to lay minefields in the
Skagerrak. The ship continued to perform those duties until she began a brief refit in
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s escort ran aground in the dark and heavy fog and were forced to return to port for emergency repairs. The destroyer had damaged her port turbine and buckled the port propeller shaft. Escorted by two other destroyers,
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s voyage to Norway, although storm damage en route forced the destroyer to put into
Trondheim for repairs that lasted until 9 January 1943. Boiler damage put her back into the dockyard there until 27 February.
554:, in September 1943. Plagued by engine problems, the ship was under repair from November to August 1944 and then spent the next six months on convoy escort duties in southern Norway when not laying minefields.
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So the ship's final mission led back to the
Peninsula, which was one of the few remaining footholds on the coast under German control on 8 May. At 22:00, two hours before the surrender became effective,
565:
where she helped to escort convoys of refugee ships and also rescued evacuees herself in May, around the time that
Germany surrendered. When the surviving German warships were divided between the
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on 16âMay 1939, she reached 39 knots (72.2 km/h; 44.9 mph) from 76,500 PS (56,300 kW; 75,500 shp). The ship carried a maximum of 739 metric tons (727 long tons) of
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sailed for Kiel on 12 July, steaming only on one turbine. Permanent repairs were finished by mid-November, but the ship was working up until 8 December when she was one of the escorts for
530:
spent some time at the beginning of the campaign conducting anti-shipping patrols in Soviet waters but these were generally fruitless. She escorted a number of German convoys in the
1557:
took part in the raid on the island of
Spitsbergen in 6â9 September, during which she landed troops on the island. Two months later the ship sailed for Bremen to begin an overhaul.
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and her escorts en route and one managed to surprise the ships and torpedo the cruiser early on the morning of 13 June, forcing her to return to
Germany for repairs.
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In May, the ship was assigned to evacuate civilians and troops trapped in ports along the Baltic Sea by advancing Soviet forces. The survivors were transported to
2143:
1363:), she participated in a sortie on 12â13 July that sank two small Soviet ships at the cost of expending 80% of their ammunition. Another sortie on 22 July saw
1289:, but they could not intercept the German destroyers before dawn. Three nights later the German ships sortied again for the same area. They encountered two
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where she laid defensive minefields. The ship then patrolled the
Skagerrak to inspect neutral shipping for contraband goods. On the night of 17/18 October,
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later in the year until engine problems sent her back to
Germany for repairs. The ship returned to Norway in mid-1942, but was badly damaged when she
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1549:. They searched for several days before increasingly heavy weather forced them to return to port with storm damage. Unbeknownst to the Germans,
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transferred survivors to smaller ships outside the harbour to avoid having to surrender. There the ship received an open radio transmission by
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helped to lay a minefield in the North Sea on 8 March. Afterwards, she was transferred to the Baltic and assigned to escort and patrol duties.
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1467:. The ships sailed from Trondheim on 2 July for the first stage of the operation, although three of the destroyers, including
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until she had engine problems of her own and sailed for
Germany on 23 November to begin a refit that lasted until 5 May 1942.
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and Kirkenes on 29 July, the destroyers were far to the east and could not catch the British ships before they left the area.
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and five destroyers. The British opened fire at extreme range and were forced to disengage in the face of long-range torpedo
1225:
522:
The ship returned to Germany in early 1941 for a refit and was transferred to Norway in June as part of the preparations for
1453:(8th Destroyer Flotilla), sailed for Trondheim on 11 June. She was one of four destroyers assigned to escort the battleship
679:(3,800 km; 2,360 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). Her crew consisted of 10 officers and 313 sailors.
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sank one of the three merchantmen and damaged another. The flash from the guns alerted the five destroyers of the British
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698:. The fifth mount was positioned on top of the rear deckhouse. The guns were numbered from 1 to 5 from front to rear. Her
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during the night of 28/29 September. Five ships totaling only 2,037 GRT were sunk by this minefield. Aboard his flagship
1308:. The torpedoes hit at each end of the ship and blew off her bow and stern, but the British were able to tow her home.
711:
487:(German Navy) in the late 1930s. Completed in early 1939, the ship spent most of her time training. At the beginning of
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1354:
1203:
1052:
910: (GRT). Missions on the nights of 8/9 and 10/11 November had to be aborted because of seawater contamination in
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and they were repeatedly attacked by Soviet aircraft to no effect before their return on the 24th. When the British
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gun in single mounts and that four twin 2 cm mounts had probably been added in the forward superstructure.
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and thirteen merchant ships of 48,728 GRT. The ship spent the rest of the year patrolling in the German Bight.
454:
1692:. The ship was allotted to the Soviet Union in late 1945 and turned over to the Soviets on 6 February 1946 in
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and attacks by Luftwaffe bombers without having hit any of the German ships. On the night of 24â25 November,
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was converted into a training ship in 1950 and was then reclassified as an accommodation ship, designated
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and engaged them with gunfire with little effect. The German ships then spotted a small convoy and
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906:. The British were unaware of the minefield's existence and lost seven ships totaling 25,825
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from Kiel to Norway as the latter ship attempted to break through the British blockade. Several
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launchers and mine rails could be fitted on the rear deck that had a maximum capacity of 60
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1660:, using its superior speed, managed to outrun pursuing Soviet torpedo boats and headed to
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guns in single mounts. The ship carried eight above-water 53.3-centimeter (21.0 in)
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Problems with her starboard turbine, after the overhaul was finished in April 1944, put
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where she inspected neutral shipping for contraband goods. In late 1939 and early 1940,
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of 4.5 meters (14 ft 9 in). She displaced 2,411 long tons (2,450 t) at
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1664:. From there the ship was sent to Kiel, where she surrendered to the British and was
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in two power-operated mounts. Two reloads were provided for each mount. She had four
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of 125.10 meters (410 ft 5 in) and was 120 meters (393 ft 8 in)
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1652:, picked up some 1,200 to 2,000 soldiers each. Every German vessel located east of
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957:. Once again unaware of the minefield's existence, the British lost the destroyer
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was transferred to France, where she made several attacks on British shipping.
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on 25 July. After a brief refit, the ship helped to lay minefields in the
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to search for Allied merchant ships in the North Sea as far north as the
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in April, the ship was sent to Norway for escort duties. Later that year
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Two days later, the ship was one of the escorts for the heavy cruiser
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after the war, the ship was eventually allocated to the Soviet Union.
381:(3,800 km; 2,360 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
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and was killed in action on 21 March 1916. The ship was ordered from
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while the Allies decided how to divide the surviving ships of the
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The ship, now flagship of KzS Gottfried Pönitz, commander of the
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area. En route they encountered some fishing ships south-west of
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had been intercepted and sunk by a British cruiser on 30 March.
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at midnight was to return to a port under Soviet control, but
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1808:
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on 17 October and were intercepted by a British force of two
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off the English coast that claimed one British destroyer, a
1542:
island on 31 March to rendezvous with the blockade runner,
1212:), transferred to France on 9 September in preparation for
1093:. In June the ship was tasked to lead the escort force for
1589:. When the German troops in Denmark surrendered on 5 May,
1418:
and Kirkenes; during one of these missions, the submarine
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remained there until she had to help screen the crippled
1113:, Norway, to relieve pressure on the German garrison at
1925:
Koop & Schmolke, p. 101; MĂŒller & Kramer, p. 24
1934:
Koop & Schmolke, p. 101; Whitley, pp. 191â192, 198
1716:, on 28 November 1954. The ship was scrapped in 1958.
1216:, the planned invasion of Great Britain. Now based at
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off the German coast, but was soon transferred to the
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of 11.8 meters (38 ft 9 in), and a maximum
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rescued over 500 survivors from the two ships. When
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1574:, Norway, between 20 December and 13 January 1945.
1249:and three other destroyers during a sortie for the
988:on the night of 10/11 January 1940. The destroyers
2028:Koop, Gerhard & Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (2003).
1987:
1880:Koop & Schmolke, p. 100; Whitley, pp. 165â167
1871:Koop & Schmolke, p. 100; Whitley, pp. 141â142
1862:Koop & Schmolke, p. 100; Whitley, pp. 124â129
1844:Koop & Schmolke, p. 100; Whitley, pp. 107â114
1353:, Norway, arriving on 11 July. Now a part of the
782:2 cm guns replaced by a pair of 3.7 cm
2047:MĂŒller, Wolfgang & Kramer, Reinhard (1996).
1022:in neutral Norwegian waters on 16 February, the
491:in September, she was initially deployed to lay
1077:After the catastrophic destroyer losses in the
2095:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
2032:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
1994:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
902:as they laid a minefield off the mouth of the
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8:
1358:
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803:(Lieutenant) Karl Galster who commanded the
1414:was now assigned to escort convoys between
1117:. The ships sortied on 8 June and sank the
538:in July and did not return until December.
526:, the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
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2144:
2130:
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1817:Koop & Schmolke, p. 100; Rohwer, p. 15
1367:temporarily serve as the flagship for KzS
684:12.7-centimeter (5.0 in) SK C/34 guns
1990:The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940
1085:reorganized its surviving destroyers and
1015:seized captured British sailors from the
742:system was installed by the end of 1939.
706:guns in two twin mounts abreast the rear
1220:, the ship helped to lay a minefield in
1074:began a refit that lasted until 27 May.
421:2 Ă quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in)
1724:
917:s fuel. On the night of 12/13 November
632:, were designed to produce 70,000
1383:problems. The destroyers sank a small
847:When World War II began in September,
764:radars, one of which replaced the aft
620:and 3,415 long tons (3,470 t) at
288:125.1 m (410 ft 5 in) (
31:
644:) using steam provided by six Wagner
167:
55:
7:
1732:
1730:
1728:
1422:sank two troop-carrying freighters,
704:3.7-centimeter (1.5 in) SK C/30
573:was handed over in 1946 and renamed
1189:between 14 August and 7 September.
1158:s survivors. The German commander,
542:participated in the German attack (
2093:German Destroyers of World War Two
1312:returned home on 5 December for a
1273:sortied from Brest, bound for the
460:Harmsen August 1942 â January 1945
300:11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
247:General characteristics (as built)
25:
2030:German Destroyers of World War II
308:4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
2618:
2577:
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1463:, an attack on the Russia-bound
1301:hit their target, the destroyer
1070:on 18 February. Upon her return
754:24/25 radar installed above the
577:. The ship was converted into a
274:3,415 long tons (3,470 t) (
267:2,411 long tons (2,450 t) (
169:
57:
35:
1969:German Warships 1815–1945
1745:Koop & Schmolke, pp. 99â100
1320:that lasted until 9 June 1941.
1265:, no longer Berger's flagship,
970:led a minelaying sortie to the
712:2-centimeter (0.8 in) C/30
503:helped to laid three offensive
463:Kuno Schmidt January â May 1945
851:was initially deployed in the
840:on 21 March 1939. She visited
1:
2710:Destroyers of the Soviet Navy
2700:Ships built in Bremen (state)
2674:List of destroyers of Germany
1951:(in German). n.p.: Stalling.
1906:(in German). 30 January 1981.
820:) on 6 January 1936. She was
546:) on the Norwegian island of
401:12.7 cm (5 in) guns
675:which gave a range of 2,050
1900:"Immer die Angst im Nacken"
1169:and all four destroyers to
1151:assisting in the rescue of
1089:became the flagship of the
927:(Commander of Destroyers),
832:W922 on 14 September 1937,
702:armament consisted of four
648:for a designed speed of 36
581:in 1950 and then became an
369:(67 km/h; 41 mph)
2726:
1506:, and continued onward to
1375:, when his usual flagship
924:FĂŒhrer der Zerstörer (FdZ)
921:, now the flagship of the
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513:German invasion of Norway
443:
407:3.7 cm (1.5 in)
246:
162:
50:
34:
27:Type 1936-class destroyer
2049:Gesunken und Verschollen
1986:Haarr, Geirr H. (2009).
1434:despite the destroyers.
750:In 1942, the ship had a
624:. The two Wagner geared
457:March 1939 â August 1942
455:Theodor von Bechtolsheim
416:2 cm (0.79 in)
2117:Kriegsmarine destroyers
1706:Red Banner Baltic Fleet
1640:and two torpedo boats,
1522:. Several weeks later,
1369:Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs
1232:FĂŒhrer der Torpedoboote
1004:In retaliation for the
974:area together with Z16
790:Construction and career
628:sets, each driving one
561:was transferred to the
2189:Z17 Diether von Roeder
1947:Bekker, Cajus (1971).
1688:amongst themselves as
1461:Operation Rösselsprung
1359:
1355:6th Destroyer Flotilla
1287:5th Destroyer Flotilla
1208:
1204:5th Destroyer Flotilla
1195:, now the flagship of
1109:, a planned attack on
883:Z17 Diether von Roeder
734:were fitted to detect
694:, fore and aft of the
686:in single mounts with
682:The ship carried five
593:Design and description
1526:, and the destroyers
1373:6. Zerstörerflottille
1360:6. Zerstörerflottille
930:KapitÀn zur See (KzS)
877:Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt
836:on 15 June 1938, and
606:long at the waterline
2705:Type 1936 destroyers
2217:Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp
2153:Type 1936 destroyers
1904:Hamburger Abendblatt
1835:Whitley, pp. 106â107
1704:and assigned to the
1610:instructor, Admiral
1451:8. Zerstörerflottile
1251:Southwest Approaches
1209:5. Zerstörerflotille
1040:Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp
968:Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp
919:Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp
871:Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp
550:, well north of the
544:Operation Zitronella
524:Operation Barbarossa
479:Type 1936 destroyers
2235:Type 1936A "Narvik"
1853:Whitley, pp. 122â24
1371:, commander of the
1202:, commander of the
1181:as she returned to
1017:German tanker
908:gross register tons
557:Around March 1945,
256:Type 1936 destroyer
2626:United States Navy
1763:Whitley, pp. 71â72
1700:. She was renamed
1672:Postwar activities
1267:Z4 Richard Beitzen
1028:Operation Nordmark
997:Z4 Richard Beitzen
761:FuMO 63 Hohentwiel
589:four years later.
583:accommodation ship
335:water-tube boilers
229:, 28 November 1954
227:accommodation ship
208:, 28 November 1954
2682:
2681:
2461:
2460:
2224:Z22 Anton Schmitt
2203:Z19 Hermann KĂŒnne
2196:Z18 Hans LĂŒdemann
2102:978-1-55750-302-2
2001:978-1-59114-310-9
1632:Z14 Friedrich Ihn
1535:Z6 Theodor Riedel
1393:aircraft carriers
1349:was then sent to
1214:Operation Sealion
1163:Wilhelm Marschall
1079:Battles of Narvik
991:Z14 Friedrich Ihn
985:Z22 Anton Schmitt
976:Friedrich Eckoldt
949:as they laid 288
943:Z19 Hermann KĂŒnne
939:Z18 Hans LĂŒdemann
912:Z19 Hermann KĂŒnne
895:Z19 Hermann KĂŒnne
889:Z18 Hans LĂŒdemann
728:GruppenhorchgerÀt
608:. The ship had a
585:in 1954. She was
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151:Allocated to the
127:14 September 1936
16:(Redirected from
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2210:Z20 Karl Galster
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1678:Z20 Karl Galster
1658:Z20 Karl Galster
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1628:Z20 Karl Galster
1591:Z20 Karl Galster
1576:Z20 Karl Galster
1567:Z20 Karl Galster
1555:Z20 Karl Galster
1524:Z20 Karl Galster
1496:Z20 Karl Galster
1489:
1481:Z20 Karl Galster
1477:
1469:Z20 Karl Galster
1444:Z20 Karl Galster
1436:Z20 Karl Galster
1412:Z20 Karl Galster
1365:Z20 Karl Galster
1362:
1347:Z20 Karl Galster
1336:Bristol Beaufort
1314:turbine overhaul
1310:Z20 Karl Galster
1283:Z20 Karl Galster
1263:Z20 Karl Galster
1247:Z20 Karl Galster
1211:
1193:Z20 Karl Galster
1175:Z20 Karl Galster
1157:
1149:Z20 Karl Galster
1087:Z20 Karl Galster
1072:Z20 Karl Galster
1036:Z20 Karl Galster
1032:Shetland Islands
980:Z20 Karl Galster
947:Z20 Karl Galster
916:
900:Z20 Karl Galster
849:Z20 Karl Galster
797:was named after
795:Z20 Karl Galster
666:
662:Z20 Karl Galster
598:Z20 Karl Galster
571:Z20 Karl Galster
559:Z20 Karl Galster
540:Z20 Karl Galster
528:Z20 Karl Galster
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2655:Type 1934
2561:Provorniy
2180:Type 1936
1957:259998246
1662:Flensburg
1540:Jan Mayen
1508:Altafjord
1504:Bogen Bay
1498:screened
1406:attacked
1381:condenser
1303:HMS
1279:Wolf Rock
1243:Erich Bey
1187:North Sea
1179:Gneisenau
1171:Trondheim
1099:Gneisenau
1054:Gneisenau
972:Newcastle
842:Ă
ndalsnes
822:laid down
818:Deschimag
726:. 'GHG' (
652:(67
622:deep load
497:Skagerrak
405:2 Ă twin
276:deep load
157:war prize
140:Completed
124:Laid down
106:Deschimag
2091:(1991).
2069:(2005).
1967:(1990).
1710:Prochnyy
1702:Prochnyy
1654:Bornholm
1544:MV
1431:Donau II
1351:Kirkenes
1341:spotted
1291:tugboats
1135:and the
1009:Incident
867:flagship
834:launched
814:AG Weser
784:Flak M42
780:midships
710:and six
673:fuel oil
587:scrapped
575:Prochnyy
431:throwers
394:Armament
269:standard
240:Scrapped
194:Acquired
188:Prochnyy
132:Launched
102:AG Weser
82:Namesake
2602:Nonsuch
2549:Prochny
2508:Marceau
2484:LĂ©opard
2011:Warship
1694:LiepÄja
1618:on the
1587:Denmark
1512:Tirpitz
1500:Tirpitz
1473:Tirpitz
1459:during
1456:Tirpitz
1420:Trident
1408:Petsamo
1403:Furious
1305:Javelin
1259:volleys
1160:Admiral
1144:Juniper
1140:trawler
1111:Harstad
1105:during
1019:Altmark
1007:Altmark
960:Blanche
953:in the
646:boilers
600:had an
418:AA guns
410:AA guns
202:Renamed
163:History
98:Builder
90:Ordered
51:History
2635:DD-939
2623:
2582:
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2036:
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1998:
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1714:PKZ 99
1698:Latvia
1520:LĂŒtzow
1518:, and
1485:LĂŒtzow
1416:TromsĂž
1387:and a
1343:LĂŒtzow
1331:LĂŒtzow
1293:and a
1245:, led
1230:, the
1126:, the
1115:Narvik
1101:, and
1068:sortie
982:, and
945:, and
898:, and
874:, led
826:Bremen
756:bridge
708:funnel
567:Allies
532:Arctic
285:Length
242:, 1958
225:As an
222:, 1950
206:PKZ 99
110:Bremen
2520:Q-128
2496:Hoche
1720:Notes
1510:with
1488:'
1476:'
1295:barge
1218:Brest
1156:'
1153:Orama
1123:Orama
915:'
740:sonar
724:mines
665:'
650:knots
614:draft
436:mines
374:Range
367:knots
362:Speed
305:Draft
218:As a
155:as a
2638:(ex-
2605:(ex-
2600:HMS
2592:(ex-
2564:(ex-
2552:(ex-
2511:(ex-
2499:(ex-
2487:(ex-
2097:ISBN
2075:ISBN
2053:ISBN
2034:ISBN
2015:ISBN
1996:ISBN
1973:ISBN
1953:OCLC
1646:and
1616:Hela
1572:Oslo
1532:and
1428:and
1400:and
1379:had
1269:and
1183:Kiel
1051:and
1038:and
994:and
768:. A
752:FuMO
654:km/h
610:beam
472:Z20
427:4 Ă
355:sets
333:6 Ă
297:Beam
236:Fate
184:Name
148:Fate
119:W922
72:Name
2640:Z39
2607:Z38
2594:Z30
2566:Z33
2513:Z31
2501:Z25
2489:Z23
2453:Z50
2448:Z49
2443:Z48
2438:Z47
2433:Z46
2415:Z45
2410:Z44
2404:Z43
2398:Z42
2393:Z41
2388:Z40
2382:Z36
2375:Z35
2355:Z39
2348:Z38
2341:Z37
2334:Z34
2327:Z33
2320:Z32
2313:Z31
2293:Z30
2286:Z29
2279:Z28
2272:Z27
2265:Z26
2258:Z25
2251:Z24
2244:Z23
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1643:T23
1637:Z25
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1238:),
1197:KzS
1091:FdZ
809:S22
658:mph
642:shp
434:60
389:323
379:nmi
365:36
328:shp
290:o/a
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1696:,
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1585:,
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1097:,
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892:,
886:,
880:,
667:s
638:kW
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324:kW
320:PS
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