Destroyer Z42

Z42

Country	Germany
Ship Class	1936B-class Destroyer
Planned Builder	Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
Planned Yard Number	643
Planned Slip/Drydock Number	V
Ordered	1 Feb 1941

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

This article refers to a planned ship that was not actually built.

ww2dbaseZ42 was the name given to the planned German Type 1936B destroyer, ordered in Feb 1941. She was cancelled later in the year, and the name Z42 would be reassigned to the Spähkreuzer 1938-class Scout Cruiser originally named SP3.

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