Z32

Wrecked

Type	Destroyer
Class	Type 1936A (Mob)
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns (1 × 2 and 3 × 1)

Run aground on the Île de Batz after the Battle of Ushant with Allied destroyers on 9 June 1944, three days after D-Day.

The former German destroyer Z39 underway off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 22 August 1945. The U.S. Navy designated the destroyer DD-939. Photo: Robert F. Sumrall, U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns (1 × 2 and 3 × 1)
2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns
9 × 2 cm (0.8 in) (1 × 4 and 5 × 1) AA guns
2 × quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
60 mines

Builder	AG Weser (Deschimag), Bremen
Laid down	1 November 1940
Launched	15 August 1941
Displacement	2,645 t (2,603 long tons) (standard) 3,655 t (3,597 long tons) full load
Length	127 m (416 ft 8 in) o/a
Speed	38.5 kn (71.3 km/h; 44.3 mph)
Complement	321

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

15 August 1941

Battle of the Bay of Biscay

Survived

27–28 December 1943

Battle of Ushant

Wrecked

9 June 1944

Driven ashore on the Île de Batz