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 shaft horsepower |
| 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.
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Last Major Revision: Jan 2021
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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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