Type 1934 destroyers
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The Type 1934 destroyers, also known as the Z1 class or Leberecht Maass class after the lead ship, were a group of four destroyers built for the German Navy during the mid-1930s, shortly before the be
Z4 Richard Beitzen, 1937
Z3 Max Schultz was one of four Type 1934 destroyers built for the German Navy during the mid-1930s. Completed in 1937, two years before the start of World War II, the ship spent most of her time train
Type 1934 destroyers
…the period between their commissioning and the outbreak of war, although they did participate in the occupation of Memel in Lithuania, in early 1939. Z3 Max Schultz collided with and sank a German torpedo boat shortly before the war began on 1 September 1939. All four ships were named after German officers who had…
Z3 Max Schultz in port