German Destroyers
Z10 - Hans Lody | ||
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Photo courtesy David Walker, Scotland | ||
General Details | ||
Type | 1934A | |
Pennant number | 81, 62, 61 | |
Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany | |
Builder's number | 536 | |
Contract placed | 4 August 1934 | |
Laid down | 1 April 1935 | |
Launched | 14 May 1936 | |
Commissioned | 17 September 1938 | |
Fate | Decommissioned 9 May 1945 north of Kiel. Handed over to the British and transferred to Portsmouth 4-6 January 1946. 9 February 1949 sold for scrap to the British Iron and Steel Corporation. 17 July transferred to the scrap yard Thomas Young, Sunderland and was shortly afterwards scrapped. | |
Ship named after![]() |
Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve Hans Carl Lody. Executed by shot on 6 November 1914 in the Tower of London on charges of espionage. | |
Displacement | ||
Displacement, standard | 2.270 t | |
Displacement, full load | 3.190 t | |
Dimensions and Construction Details | ||
Lenght (waterline) | 116 m | |
Lenght (total) | 121 m | |
Beam | 11,3 m | |
Draft | 4,23 m | |
Machinery | ||
Boilers | Six Benson 110 Kg/cm² | |
Turbines | Two Wagner geared | |
Turbo generators | Two of 200 kW each | |
Diesel generators | Two of 60 kW each and three 50 kW each | |
Shafts | 2 | |
Total performance | 70.000 shp | |
Speed | 38 knots | |
Range | 2.680 nm at 19 knots | |
Armament | ||
12,7 cm L/45 C/34 | 5 in single mountings (4 from 1944) | |
3,7 cm L/83 C/30 | 4 in twin mountings (12 from 1944) | |
2 cm MG L/65 C/30 | 6 in single mountings | |
53,3 cm Torpedo tubes | 8 in two quadruple banks | |
Mines | 60 | |
Depth Charge launcher | 4 | |
Commanding Officers | ||
17.09.1938 - 22.08.1939 | Korvettenkapitän Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer | |
23.08.1939 - 31.10.1940 | Korvettenkapitän Hubert Freiherr von Wangenheim | |
01.11.1940 - 10.08.1942 | Korvettenkapitän Werner Pfeiffer | |
11.08.1942 - 10.03.1943 | Korvettenkapitän Karl Adolf Zenker | |
11.03.1943 - 15.04.1943 | Kapitänleutnant Carlheinz Vorsteher | |
16.04.1943 - 15.11.1943 | Fregattenkapitän/Kapitän zur See Hans Marks | |
15.11.1943 - 01.07.1944 | Korvettenkapitän/Fregattenkapitän Kurt Haun | |
01.07.1944 - 04.11.1944 | Kapitänleutnant Richard von Bulla | |
04.11.1944 - 08.05.1945 | Korvettenkapitän/Fregattenkapitän Kurt Haun | |
Complement | ||
Complement | 325 officers and men |
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