German destroyer Z18 Hans Lüdemann

Career (Nazi Germany)
Name: Z18 Hans Lüdemann
Namesake: Hans Lüdemann
Ordered: 6 January 1935
Builder: DeSchiMAG, Bremen
Yard number: W920
Laid down: 9 September 1936
Launched: 1 December 1937
Completed: 8 October 1938
Fate: Scuttled, 13 April 1940
General characteristics
Class and type: Type 1936-class destroyer
Displacement: 2,806 tonnes (2,762 long tons) (standard)
Length: 123.4 m (404 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam: 11.75 m (38 ft 7 in)
Draft: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Installed power: 70,000 shp (52,000 kW)
Propulsion: 2 × shafts
2 × Wagner geared steam turbine sets
6 × Wagner water-tube boilers
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range: 2,090 nmi (3,870 km; 2,410 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement: 323
Armament:

5 × 1 - 12.7 cm (5 in) guns
2 × 2 - 3.7 cm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns
7 × 1 - 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns
2 × 4 - 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes

60 mines

Z17 Hans Lüdemann was a Type 1936-class destroyer built for the Kriegsmarine in the late 1930s.

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