Z7 Hermann Schoemann

Scuttled

Type	Destroyer
Class	Type 1934A
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × single 12.7 cm (5 in) guns

Crippled by the cruiser HMS Edinburgh while attacking her and convoy QP 11 in the Barents Sea on 2 May 1942, and scuttled. Edinburgh, already torpedoed, was lost too.

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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	DeSchiMAG, Bremen
Laid down	15 July 1935
Launched	24 March 1936
Displacement	2,171 long tons (2,206 t) (standard) 3,110 long tons (3,160 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

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

Career

Launched

24 March 1936

Operation Juno

Survived

8 June 1940

Channel Dash

Survived

11–13 February 1942

Took Ciliax aboard when Scharnhorst was mined

Sinking of Edinburgh

Scuttled

30 April – 2 May 1942

Crippled by Edinburgh's second salvo