Z23-Class (Type 1936A "Narvik")
REVOLUTIONARY "Narvik" Class - 150mm Guns Change Destroyer Warfare! - 8 ships commissioned 1940-1941: Z23, Z24, Z25, Z26, Z27, Z28, Z29, Z30. Type 1936A "Narvik" - REVOLUTIONARY 4× 15cm (150mm) guns! Only WWII destroyers with 150mm guns. Cruiser-level firepower (+40% over 127mm!). Named after Battles of Narvik (1940) where German destroyers fought heroically. 2,603 tons standard, 4× 15cm SK C/38 guns (unprecedented!), 8× 533mm torpedoes, 39 knots. Changed destroyer warfare paradigm - outgunned most Allied destroyers. Served entire WWII: Arctic convoys, Atlantic, Channel operations. Several survived war: French Navy operated survivors until 1958-1982! Most famous German WWII destroyers in history.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 2543 t
- Displacement (full)
- 3597 t
- Length
- 416.7 ft
- Beam
- 39.4 ft
- Crew
- 350
- Ships built
- 8
- Commissioned
- 1940-1941
- Decommissioned
- 1944-1982
Performance
- Top speed
- 36 kn
- Range
- 5000 nm at 19 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "4× 15cm SK C/38" (REVOLUTIONARY!)
- Secondary guns
- 4× 37mm AA, 7× 20mm AA
- Torpedoes
- 8× 533mm (2 quad)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored)
- Deck
- None
- Fire control
- Advanced fire control system with rangefinder
In-Game
- Tier
- T5
- Game power
- 102.4
- Research cost
- 56,320
- Credit cost
- 71,680
Notable
- REVOLUTIONARY 15cm (150mm) guns on destroyers!
- Cruiser-level firepower (+40% over 127mm!)
- Type 1936A "Narvik" class (most famous German DD)
- Named after Battles of Narvik (1940)
- 8 ships built (Z23-Z30)
- 2,603 tons standard (largest German DD yet)
- Only destroyers in WWII with 150mm guns
- Changed destroyer warfare paradigm
- Outgunned most Allied destroyers
- Served entire WWII (1940-1945)
- Several survived to postwar service
- French Navy used survivors until 1958-1982!
- Most famous German WWII destroyers