KRIEGSMARINE DESTROYER LOSSES
Destroyer Z26 sinking.
German Destroyer Losses in World War II.
1940 |
Date |
Destroyer |
Last Commander |
Cause |
22 Feb 1940 |
Z1 Leberecht Maas |
KKpt. Fritz Bassenge † |
Bombed northwest of Borkum |
22 Feb 1940 |
Z3 Max Schulz |
KKpt. Claus Trampedach † |
Bombed northwest of Borkum |
10 Apr 1940 |
Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp |
KKpt. Hans Erdmenger |
Torpedoed in Narvik |
10 Apr 1940 |
Z22 Anton Schmitt |
KKpt. Friedrich Böhme |
Torpedoed in Narvik |
13 Apr 1940 |
Z2 Georg Thiele |
KKpt. Max-Eckart Wolff |
Scuttled in Rombaksfjord |
13 Apr 1940 |
Z9 Wolfgang Zenker |
FKpt. Gottfried Pönitz |
Scuttled in Rombaksfjord |
13 Apr 1940 |
Z11 Bernd von Arnim |
KKpt. Kurt Rechel |
Scuttled in Rombaksfjord |
13 Apr 1940 |
Z12 Erich Giese |
KKpt. Karl Smidt |
Scuttled in Ofotfjord |
13 Apr 1940 |
Z13 Erich Koellner |
FKpt. Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs |
Scuttled in Ofotfjord |
13 Apr 1940 |
Z17 Diether von Roeder |
KKpt. Erich Holtorf |
Torpedoed in Narvik |
13 Apr 1940 |
Z18 Hans Lüdemann |
KKpt. Herbert Friedrichs |
Scuttled in Rombaksfjord |
13 Apr 1940 |
Z19 Hermann Künne |
KKpt. Friedrich Kothe |
Scuttled in Herjansfjord |
1942 |
Date |
Destroyer |
Last Commander |
Cause |
25 Jan 1942 |
Z8 Bruno Heinemann |
KKpt. Hermann Alberts |
Mined off Belgian coast |
29 Mar 1942 |
Z26 |
KKpt. Georg von von Berger |
Sunk in North Sea |
2 May 1942 |
Z7 Hermann Schoemann |
KKpt. Heinrich Wittig |
Sunk in the Artic |
31 Dec 1942 |
Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt |
Kpt. z. S. Alfred Schemmel † |
Sunk off Bear Island |
1943 |
Date |
Destroyer |
Last Commander |
Cause |
28 Dec 1943 |
Z27 |
KKpt. Günther Schultz † |
Sunk in the Bay of Biscay |
1944 |
Date |
Destroyer |
Last Commander |
Cause |
9 Jun 1944 |
Z32 |
KKpt. Georg von Berger |
Beached in Île de Batz |
21 Ago 1944 |
Z23 |
KKpt. Helmut von Mantey |
Bombed in La Pallice and decommissioned |
24 Ago 1944 |
Z37 |
FKpt. Otto Heppe |
Decommissioned in Bordeaux |
28 Ago 1944 |
Z24 |
KKpt. Heinz Birnbacher |
Sunk off Le Verdon |
12 Dec 1944 |
Z35 |
KKpt. Niels Bätge † |
Mined in Gulf of Finland |
12 Dec 1944 |
Z36 |
KKpt. Lothar von Hausen |
Mined in Gulf of Finland |
1945 |
Date |
Destroyer |
Last Commander |
Cause |
6 Mar 1945 |
Z28 |
FKpt. Carl Heinrich Lampe |
Bombed by Soviet aircraft in Sassnitz Roads |
3 May 1945 |
Z43 |
FKpt. Carl Heinrich Lampe |
Scuttled in Geltinger Bay |
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