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At the outbreak of the Second World War Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine had 21 destroyers (German: Zerstörer) in service, while another one was just being completed. [1] These 22 vessels – comprising 3 classes (Type 34, 34A and 36) – had all been built in the 1930s, making them modern vessels (no destroyers remained in German hands following the close of the First World War).
The following is a list of destroyers and large torpedo boats of Germany.In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers.
Jagdpanzer IV/70 (Sd.Kfz. 162/1) - Tank destroyer with 75 mm L/70 gun on Panzer IV chassis Sturmpanzer IV ( (Sd.Kfz. 166, "Brummbär") - with 150 mm field howitzer on Panzer IV chassis Hornisse (Sd. Kfz. 164, 88 mm PaK43/1 auf Geschützwagen III/IV , later known as Nashorn)
HMS Duncan is the sixth and last of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy and launched in 2010. Duncan is named after Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1 July 1731 – 4 August 1804), who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797.
HMS Lightning was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.She was launched on 22 April 1940 and sunk on 12 March 1943 by German Motor Torpedo Boat S-55. [1]Ordered under the 1937 Programme and laid down as Job No J4502, Hawthorn Leslie & Co of Newcastle Upon Tyne were awarded the contract to build her with machinery supplied by Parsons.
The Anschluss (German: [ˈʔanʃlʊs] ⓘ, or Anschluß, [1] [a] lit. ' joining ' or ' connection ' ), also known as the Anschluß Österreichs ( pronunciation ⓘ , English: Annexation of Austria ), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 12 March 1938.
Plan Z was the re-equipment and expansion of the Kriegsmarine (German navy) ordered by Adolf Hitler in early 1939. The fleet was meant to challenge the naval power of the United Kingdom, and was to be completed by 1948.
This envisaged a destroyer called DD-21 and a planned cruiser called CG-21. Budget cuts in November 2001 meant that SC-21 became the less ambitious Future Surface Combatant program. The DD-21 was renamed DD(X), which was later named the Zumwalt-class destroyer. By April 2002, DD(X) was to be the "foundation" for a family of surface combatants ...