German destroyer Z23

Career (Nazi Germany)
Name: Z23
Ordered: 23 April 1938
Builder: DeSchiMAG, Bremen
Yard number: W957
Laid down: 15 November 1938
Launched: 20 September 1939
Completed: 14 September 1940
Captured: 6 May 1945
Fate: Scuttled 21 August 1944 after being declared a total constructive loss
General characteristics
Class and type: Type 1936A-class destroyer
Displacement: 2,603 long tons (2,645 t) (standard)
Length: 127 m (416 ft 8 in) o/a
Beam: 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draft: 4.65 m (15 ft 3 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: 2,174 nmi (4,026 km; 2,502 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement: 336
Armament: 4 × 1 - 150 mm (5.9 in) guns
2 × 2 - 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft (AA) guns
5 × 1 - 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns
2 × 4 - 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
60 mines

Z23 was a Type 1936A-class destroyer built for the Kriegsmarine in the late 1930s.

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