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Z24

Z24 is documented as an ships with chronological service identities where transfers, renamings, or conversions occurred.

Type 1936A classKriegsmarineInterwar period, World War IIVerified subject image
Z24 and T24 being attacked by rocket-firing Beaufighters
Z24 and T24 being attacked by rocket-firing BeaufightersGerman Destroyers of World War II by M. J. Whitley, p. 163, credited to the Imperial War Museum · Public domainImage source
ClassType 1936A class
NavyKriegsmarine
CountryGermany
Builder / shipyardDeschimag, Bremen
Laid down1939-01
Launched1940-03-07
Completed1940-10
Recorded statusSunk

What is known about this ship

Z24 is documented as an ships with chronological service identities where transfers, renamings, or conversions occurred.

Service history

Member of the WAR-CL-000194 roster; source-recorded final disposition: sunk 24.8.1944.

Class context: Type 1936A class

The Type 1936A destroyers were enlarged German destroyers built around unusually heavy 150 mm guns.

Later service and disposition

sunk 24.8.1944.

This ship is recorded as a member of Type 1936A class. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.

Sources and further reading

  1. Type 1936A destroyers (Z23) (1940–1941) ↗Navypedia · accessed 2026-09-18
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946Conway Maritime Press
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