german destroyer german destroyer type destroyer built kriegsmarine mid-1930s shortly beginning world war ship accidentally rammed sank german torpedo boat spent following month repair mid february proceeding north_sea search british fishing sisters bombed sunk patrolling german bomber trying rescue survivors struck british sank hands design description overall length meters meters long waterline ship beam meters maximum draft meters displaced long tons standard load long tons deep load wagner geared steam turbine sets driving propeller shaft designed produce shp steam provided high pressure wagner boilers ship designed speed knots mph maximum speed knots mph carried maximum metric tons long tons fuel oil intended range nautical miles speed knots mph ship proved heavy service fuel retained ballast low ship effective range proved nmi knots ship carried guns single mounts gun shields superimposed fore aft fifth gun carried aft superstructure anti aircraft armament consisted guns twin mounts abreast rear funnel guns single mounts carried water centimeter torpedo tubes power operated mounts pair torpedoes provided mount depth charge throwers mounted sides rear supplemented racks individual depth charges sides stern depth charges carried patterns charges rails fitted rear deck maximum capacity mines system passive designated fitted detect submarines crew numbered officers enlisted men plus additional officers enlisted men serving flotilla flagship construction career ship ordered july laid kiel january yard number launched november completed april named commanded torpedo boat killed action january appointed captain assigned 1st october port visit norway april sisters return taken hand bow rebuilt reduce water came bow head seas increased length meters ship participated following fleet exercise december sisters sailed area iceland evaluate north_atlantic winter new bows march ship destroyers escorted adolf hitler aboard pocket battleship occupy participated spring fleet exercise western mediterranean flagship visits spanish ports april days outbreak world war early morning hours august destroyer accidentally collided sank torpedo boat tiger near men killed wounded aboard torpedo boat injured aboard bow severely damaged towed stern arrived half hour later took tow speed knots mph repair late september participate patrolled inspect neutral shipping goods october returning patrol october ship turbines exploded causing boiler room flood knocking ship power attempts tow failed ship eventually managed restore power sailed kiel repairs laid magnetic mines area february sank ships gross register tons grt damaged february destroyers sailed intercept british fishing vessels operation route flotilla erroneously attacked bomber hit bomb lost steering broke half sinking loss crew rescue effort hit sank loss entire crew hitler ordered convened investigate cause losses concluded ships sunk bombs kriegsmarine failed destroyers luftwaffe making anti shipping patrols time failed inform luftwaffe destroyers sea postwar evidence revealed ships struck british minefield laid destroyers
German destroyer Z3 Max Schultz