Type 1934A destroyers
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The Type 1934A destroyers, also known as the Z5 class, were a group of twelve destroyers built in the mid-1930s for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Five survived the war.
Z5 Paul Jacobi c. 1938
Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt was a Type 1934A-class destroyer built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in the late 1930s. It was named after Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Eckoldt, the commander of torpedo boat V 48
Type 1934A destroyers
…to the Soviet Union, scrapped 1952 Z15 Erich Steinbrinck 30 March 1935 24 September 1936 31 May 1938 Transferred to the Soviet Union, scrapped 1958 Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt 14 November 1935 21 March 1937 28 July 1938 Sunk during the Battle of the Barents Sea, 31 December 1942 Service history The Type 34s spent the prewar…
Friedrich Eckoldt's final moments