German destroyer Z29

Z29 in 1945
History
Nazi Germany
Name	Z29
Ordered	23 April 1938
Builder	AG Weser (Deschimag), Bremen
Yard number	W963
Laid down	21 March 1940
Launched	15 October 1940
Completed	9 July 1941
Captured	6 May 1945
Fate	Scuttled, 16 December 1946
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Type 1936A destroyer
Displacement	2,657 long tons (2,700 t) (standard) 3,691 long tons (3,750 t) (deep load)
Length	127 m (416 ft 8 in) (o/a)
Beam	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draft	4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Installed power	6 × water-tube boilers 70,000 PS (51,000 kW; 69,000 shp)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbine sets
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	2,950 nmi (5,460 km; 3,390 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	332
Armament	4 × single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns 2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns 7 × single 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 60 mines 4 × depth charge throwers

Z29 was one of fifteen Type 1936A destroyers built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in 1941, she took part in the Channel Dash in early 1942 as flagship of the escort force. Despite this venture to France, the ship spent most of the war in Norwegian waters, escorting German ships and laying minefields. Z29 participated in the indecisive Battle of the Barents Sea at the end of the year, during which she helped to sink a British minesweeper. The ship was damaged during the raid on the island of Spitsbergen in September 1943. Z29 was damaged by British aircraft attacking the battleship Tirpitz in July 1944. The ship escorted troop convoys from northern Norway when the Germans began evacuating the area beginning in October until she began an extensive refit in December.

The war ended before the refit was completed and the ship was surrendered to the Allies in Germany. She was allocated to the United States when they divided up the surviving ships of the Kriegsmarine in late 1945. Still not fully seaworthy, Z29 was scuttled by the Americans in late 1946.