Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

Destroyer class

German World War II destroyers

Flottentorpedoboot 1939 (Elbing-class torpedo boat)

The class in numbers

  • 15 Completed
  • 11 Lost

Design and service

Type
Destroyer
In commission
1941–1944
Builders
  • Schichau

Class specifications

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

As built
Displacement, full load
3,155 long tons (3,206 t)
Length
119 m (390.4 ft) OA
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Complement
325
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)
Armament
  • 5 × 12.7 cm guns
  • 4 × 3.7 cm guns
  • 6 × 2 cm guns
  • 8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
  • 60 mines
Fit 2
Displacement, standard
2,188 long tons (2,223 t)
Length
119 m (390.4 ft) OA
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Complement
325
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)
Armament
  • 5 × 12.7 cm guns
  • 4 (later 14) × 3.7 cm guns
  • 6 (later 10) × 2 cm guns
  • 8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
  • 60 mines
Fit 3
Displacement, standard
2,762 long tons (2,806 t)
Length
125.1 m (410.4 ft) OA
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Complement
323
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)
Armament
  • 5 × 1 – 12.7 cm guns
  • 2 × 2 – 3.7 cm guns
  • 7 × 1 – 2 cm guns
  • 2 × 4 – 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
  • 60 mines
Fit 4
Displacement, full load
3,605 long tons (3,663 t)
Length
127 m (416.7 ft) OA
Speed
37.5 knots (69.5 km/h, 43.2 mph)
Complement
330
Main gun
150 mm (5.9 in)
Armament
  • 4 or 5 × 15 cm guns
  • 4 (later 10) × 3.7 cm guns
  • 8 (later 20) × 2 cm guns
  • 8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
  • 60 mines
  • 4 × depth charge launchers
Fit 5
Displacement, full load
3,700 long tons (3,759 t)
Length
127 m (416.7 ft) OA
Speed
37.5 knots (69.5 km/h, 43.2 mph)
Complement
330
Main gun
150 mm (5.9 in)
Armament
  • 5 × 15 cm guns
  • 4 (later 14) × 3.7 cm guns
  • 12 (later 18) × 2 cm guns
  • 8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
  • 60 mines
  • 4 × depth charge launchers
Fit 6
Displacement, full load
3,540 long tons (3,597 t)
Length
127 m (416.7 ft) OA
Speed
36.5 knots (67.6 km/h, 42 mph)
Complement
330
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)
Armament
  • 5 × 12.7 cm guns
  • 4 (later 10) × 3.7 cm guns
  • 16 × 2 cm guns
  • 8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
  • 76 mines
  • 4 × depth charge launchers
Fit 7
Displacement, standard
2,330 long tons (2,367 t)
Length
114.3 m (375 ft) OA
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Complement
235
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)
Armament
  • 4 × 12.7 cm guns
  • 8 × 3.7 cm guns
  • 12 × 2 cm guns
  • 6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
  • 50 mines
Fit 8
Displacement, full load
1,755 long tons (1,783 t)
Length
102.5 m (336.3 ft) OA
Speed
32.5 knots (60.2 km/h, 37.4 mph)
Complement
205
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)
Armament
  • 4 × 10.5 cm guns
  • 4 × 3.7 cm guns
  • 9 × 2 cm guns
  • 6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
  • 50 mines

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