Z18 Hans Lüdemann was one of six Type 1936 destroyers built for the Kriegsmarine in the late 1930s. Completed in 1938, the ship spent most of her time training. At the beginning of World War II in Sep
Z18 Hans Lüdemann in 1939
The German destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele was one of four Type 1934-class destroyers built for the German Navy during the mid-1930s. Completed in 1937, two years before the start of World War II, the ship
German destroyer Z18 Hans Lüdemann
…ambush any pursuing British destroyers. Z18 Hans Lüdemann still had some ammunition and torpedoes left and took up position at the Straumen narrows with Z2 Georg Thiele to give the two remaining destroyers time to scuttle themselves at the head of the fjord. The pursuing British destroyers initially engaged Z18 Hans…
Sister ship Z1 Leberecht Maass
Georg Thiele photographed by a British ship after having been run aground.
The wreck site today