The German destroyer Z4 Richard Beitzen was one of four Type 1934 destroyers built for the German Navy during the mid-1930s. Completed in 1937, the ship spent most of her time training although she di
Z4 Richard Beitzen underway, 1937
Operation Wunderland
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Operation Wonderland was an operation from 16 to 30 August 1942 by the Kriegsmarine in the Barents Sea and the Kara Sea off the Arctic coast of the Soviet Union. The operation was an attack on Soviet
German destroyer Z4 Richard Beitzen
…forcing the entire group to abandon the operation. Z4 Richard Beitzen, in the meantime escorted two oil tankers to the Altafjord on 2–3 July. During Operation Wunderland in August, Z4 Richard Beitzen, Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt and Z15 Erich Steinbrinck escorted Admiral Scheer at the beginning and end of its mission to attack…
Recognition drawing of Admiral Scheer
Admiral Scheer at sea (photographed c. 1935)