Z50-Class (Type 1936C Final)
Last WWII Design - Most Advanced German DD (Never Completed) - Single ship planned 1945: Z50. Last Type 1936C and final WWII German destroyer. Never completed (25% construction when war ended). 2,663 tons standard, 4× 12.8cm SK C/41 DP guns, 8× 533mm torpedoes, 39.2 knots (estimated). Ultimate AA armament (22× 20mm!), most advanced radar fire control (planned). Most advanced WWII German destroyer on paper - never realized. Scuttled incomplete May 1945. End of conventional German DD development.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 2636 t
- Displacement (full)
- 3700 t
- Length
- 398.6 ft
- Beam
- 40 ft
- Crew
- 352
- Ships built
- 1 (never completed)
- Commissioned
- Never
- Decommissioned
- 1945 (scuttled incomplete)
Performance
- Top speed
- 37.5 kn
- Range
- 5600 nm at 19 knots (estimated)
Armament
- Main guns
- 4× 12.8cm SK C/41 DP
- Secondary guns
- 6× 37mm AA, 22× 20mm AA
- Torpedoes
- 8× 533mm (2 quad)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored)
- Deck
- None
- Fire control
- Most advanced radar fire control system (planned)
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 97.02
- Research cost
- 34,151
- Credit cost
- 67,914
Notable
- Last Type 1936C (final production variant)
- Most advanced WWII German DD (on paper)
- Ultimate AA armament (22× 20mm!)
- Most advanced radar planned
- Best range estimated (5,600 nm)
- Single ship (Z50)
- Never completed (25% construction)
- Scuttled May 1945
- Last conventional German DD design
- End of WWII destroyer development