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Thursday, 13 March 2025

Characteristics of German 16 destroyers built between 1934-1935 as reported to the British Admiralty on 8 November 1935

An item reported that the German Marineattaché captain Erwin Wassner at London informed the British Admiralty conform the Anglo-German Naval Agreement dated 18 June 1935 that 16 destroyers were laid down between autum 1934 and autumn 1935 and completed between spring 1936 and summer 1935 (?). Standard displacement (article 6 of Treaty) 1,025 tons/1,651 metric tons and as dimensions 114.0 x (waterline) x 11.3 (extreme beam at or below waterline) x 2.8 (mean draught at standard displacement) metres. Heaviest calibre 12.7cm.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché at London. RM 12-II/119. 

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