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Z30

Z30 is documented as an ships with chronological service identities where transfers, renamings, or conversions occurred.

Nikon Z30 without a lens mounted
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ClassType 1936A class
NavyKriegsmarine
CountryGermany
Builder / shipyardDeschimag, Bremen
Laid down1940-04
Launched1940-12-08
Completed1941-11
Recorded statusSunk

What is known about this ship

Z30 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: surrendered 5.1945; scuttled.

Class context: Type 1936A class

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

Later service and disposition

surrendered 5.1945; scuttled.

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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