Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	Type 1934A
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 5″ guns

Mistook the cruiser HMS Sheffield for Admiral Hipper in the Battle of the Barents Sea on 31 December 1942 and was sunk with all hands.

Painting of the Battle of the Barents Sea, World War II. The ship depicted is the German destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt. Photo: Irwin J. Kappes, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × single 12.7 cm (5 in) guns
2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns
6 × single 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns
2 × quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
60 mines
32–64 depth charges, 4 throwers and 6 individual racks

Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Laid down	4 November 1935
Launched	21 March 1937
Displacement	2,239 long tons (2,275 t) (standard) 3,165 long tons (3,216 t) (deep load)
Length	119 m (390 ft 5 in) (o/a) 114 m (374 ft 0 in) (w/l)
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement	325