1934-class Destroyer
| Country | Germany |
| Builder | Deutsche Werke Shipyard, Kiel, Germany |
| Displacement | 3,206 tons full |
| Length | 390 feet |
| Beam | 37 feet |
| Draft | 14 feet |
| Machinery | Two Wagnergeared turbines, two shafts |
| Power Output | 70,000 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 36 knots |
| Range | 1,900nm at 19 knots |
| Crew | 325 |
| Armament | 5x127mm guns, 4x37mm guns, 6x20mm guns, 8x533mm torpedo tubes, 60 mines |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
This article refers to the entire 1934-class; it is not about an individual vessel.
ww2dbaseThe 1934-class destroyers were the first destroyers Germany built since WW1. They were designed in a rush and built rapidly, thus they were not seaworthy ships. In fact, when traveling on the high seas, the forward half of the ship would become so wet that the forward batteries would become unusable. Four were built: Leberecht Maas, Georg Thiele, Max Schulz, and Richard Beitzen. All four were built by Deutsche Werke in Kiel, Germany. Only the fourth ship, Richard Beitzen, survived WW2.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.
Last Major Revision: Jul 2009
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1934-class Destroyer Operational Timeline
| 27 Apr 1943 | Jaguar, Greif, and Z4 Richard Beitzen escorted light cruiser Nürnberg out of Harstad, Norway toward Kiel, Germany. |
| 3 May 1943 | Light cruiser Nürnberg arrived at Kiel, Germany; Jaguar, Greif, and Z4 Richard Beitzen had escorted her to Kiel from Norway. Later that day, Jaguar, Greif, and Möwe escorted minelayers out of Kiel for the North Sea. |
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