List of ships of the Second World War (Z)
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This is a list of ships of the Second World War ships starting with Z. [1][2][3][4] Submarines show submerged displacement. Dates are year_month_day to allow ordering. Click on headers to sort column alphabetically.
Ship | Country | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
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Z1 Leberecht Maass | Kriegsmarine | 1934 | destroyer | 2,230 | 14 January 1937 | sunk 22 February 1940 |
Z2 Georg Thiele | Kriegsmarine | 1934 | destroyer | 3,150 | 27 February 1937 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
Z3 Max Schultz | Kriegsmarine | 1934 | destroyer | 3,150 | 27 February 1937 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
Z4 Richard Beitzen | Kriegsmarine | 1934 | destroyer | 3,150 | 13 May 1937 | ceded to UK, scrapped 1947 |
Z5 Paul Jakobi | Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 29 June 1937 | ceded to UK, then to France February 1946 and renamed Desaix, scrapped 1958 |
Z6 Theodor Riedel | Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 2 July 1937 | Ceded to UK, then to France February 1946, renamed Kleber, scrapped 1958 |
Z7 Hermann Schoemann | Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 9 September 1937 | sunk 2 May 1942 |
Z8 Bruno Heinemann | Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 8 January 1938 | sunk 25 January 1942 |
Z9 Wolfgang Zenker | Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 2 July 1938 | scuttled 13 April 1940 |
Z10 Hans Lody | Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 13 September 1938 | scrapped 1946 - 1949 |
Z11 Bernd von Arnim | Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 6 December 1938 | scuttled 13 April 1940 |
Z12 Erich Giese | Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 4 March 1939 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
Z13 Erich Koellner | Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 28 March 1939 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
Z14 Friedrich Ihn | Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 6 April 1938 | scrapped 1952 |
Z15 Erich Steinbrinck | Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 31 May 1938 | ceded to USSR, 5 November 1945, renamed Pylikiy; scrapped 1958 |
Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt | Kriegsmarine | 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 28 July 1938 | sunk 31 December 1942 |
Z17 Diether von Roeder | Kriegsmarine | 1936 | destroyer | 4,400 | 29 August 1938 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
Z18 Hans Lüdemann | Kriegsmarine | 1936 | destroyer | 3,400 | 8 October 1938 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
Z19 Hermann Künne | Kriegsmarine | 1936 | destroyer | 3,400 | 12 January 1939 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
Z20 Karl Galster | Kriegsmarine | 1936 | destroyer | 3,415 | 21 March 1939 | scrapped 1956 |
Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp | Kriegsmarine | 1936 | destroyer | 3,400 | 10 June 1939 | sunk 10 April 1940 |
Z22 Anton Schmidt | Kriegsmarine | 1936 | destroyer | 3,400 | 24 September 1939 | Sunk 10 April 1940 |
Z23 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 15 September 1940 | decommissioned 21 August 1944, scrapped in 1951. |
Z24 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 26 October 1940 | sunk 25 August 1944 |
Z25 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 30 November 1940 | taken by France after war, scrapped in 1958. |
Z26 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 11 January 1941 | sunk 29 March 1942 |
Z27 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 26 February 1941 | sunk 28 December 1943 |
Z28 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 9 August 1941 | sunk 3 March 1945 |
Z29 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 25 June 1941 | taken by Britain after war, given to US, scuttled 16 December 1946 |
Z30 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Narvik | destroyer | 3,605 | 15 November 1941 | taken by Norway after war, given to Britain, scrapped 1949 |
Z31 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 11 April 1942 | taken by France after war, scrapped in 1958. |
Z32 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 15 September 1942 | destroyed 9 June 1944 |
Z33 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 6 February 1943 | taken by Soviet Union after war, sunk as target ship 1961. |
Z34 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 5 June 1943 | taken by USA after war, scuttled 26 March 1946 |
Z37 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 16 July 1942 | scuttled 24 August 1944, scrapped in 1949 |
Z38 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 20 March 1943 | taken by Britain after war, scrapped between 1949 and 1950. |
Z39 | Kriegsmarine | 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 21 August 1943 | taken by Britain after war, scrapped in 1964. |
Z35, Z36, Z43 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936B | destroyer | 3,540 | 1943/44 | |
Zambesi | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 18 July 1944 | scrapped 1959 |
Zara | Regia Marina | Zara-class heavy cruiser | 11,500 | 20 October 1931 | sunk 29 March 1941 | |
Zealous | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 9 October 1944 | to Israel after war |
Zebra | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 13 October 1944 | scrapped 1954 |
Zenith | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 22 December 1944 | to Egypt after war |
Zephyr | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 6 September 1944 | paid off 1954 |
Zest | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 12 July 1944 | paid off July 1968 |
Zetland | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 27 June 1942 | paid off 20 April 1946, scrapped 1965 |
Zinnia | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 March 1941 | sunk 23 August 1941 by U-564[5] |
Zodiac | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,830 | 23 October 1944 | to Israel after war |
Zuihō | Imperial Japanese Navy | Zuihō | aircraft carrier | 11,260 | January 1941 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
Zuikaku | Imperial Japanese Navy | Shōkaku | aircraft carrier | 29,800 | 25 September 1941 | 25 October 1944 |
Zulu | Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 7 September 1938 | sunk 14 September 1942 |
References
- ↑ Naval Vessel Register Index
- ↑ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
- ↑ Archives, The National. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War - The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ↑ HMS Zinnia (K 98) (British Corvette) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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