Destroyer Z44

Z44

Country	Germany
Ship Class	1936B-class Destroyer
Builder	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
Yard Number	1030
Slip/Drydock Number	X
Ordered	1 Aug 1942
Laid Down	1 Aug 1942
Launched	20 Jan 1944
Sunk	29 Jul 1944
Displacement	2,559 tons standard; 3,599 tons full
Length	417 feet
Beam	39 feet
Draft	14 feet
Machinery	Six Wagner water-tube boilers, two Wagner geared steam turbine sets, two propellers
Bunkerage	835t fuel oil
Power Output	69,000 SHP
Speed	36 knots
Range	2,600nm at 19 knots
Crew	336
Armament	5x12.7cm 45cal SK C/34 guns, 2x2x3.7cm 80cal SK C/30 anti-aircraft guns, 3x4x2cm 65cal C/30 guns, 3x1x2cm 65cal C/30 guns, 2x4x53.3cm torpedo tubes, 4x depth charge launchers, 74 mines

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseZ44 was laid down by the DeSchiMAG shipyard in Bremen, Germany in Sep 1943, but the lack of priority meant her progress was slow right from the start. She was launched in Jan 1944, but completion work continued to be slow. On 24 Jul 1944, it was decided that the Z44 project was to be abandoned, and her parts were to be removed to repair destroyer Z39. A few days later, she was sunk by a British RAF raid on Bremen. In early Sep 1944, her stern broke off, and she became untouched until she was scrapped in place between 1948 and 1949.

ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia

Last Major Revision: Jan 2021

Destroyer Z44 Interactive Map

Z44 Operational Timeline

1 Aug 1942	The keel of Z44 was laid down at the DeSchiMAG shipyard in Bremen, Germany.
20 Jan 1944	Z44 was launched by the DeSchiMAG shipyard in Bremen, Germany.
24 Jul 1944	In Bremen, Germany, the equipping work of Z44 was halted, and her parts were to be removed to repair destroyer Z39.
29 Jul 1944	Destroyer Z44 was sunk by a British RAF raid on Bremen, Germany.

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