German destroyer Z17 Diether von Roeder
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Z17 Diether von Roeder was one of six Type 1936 destroyers built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in the late 1930s. Completed in 1938, the ship spent most of her time training although she did participate in the occupation of Memel in early 1939. At the beginning of World War II in September, the ship was initially deployed to lay minefields off the German coast, but was soon transferred to the Skagerrak where she inspected neutral shipping for contraband goods. In late 1939, the ship helped lay an offensive minefield off the English coast that claimed seven merchant ships.
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | Z17 Diether von Roeder |
Namesake | Diether von Roeder |
Ordered | 6 January 1936 |
Builder | AG Weser (Deschimag), Bremen |
Yard number | 919 |
Laid down | 9 September 1936 |
Launched | 19 August 1937 |
Commissioned | 29 August 1938 |
Fate | Scuttled, 13 April 1940 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 1936 destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 123.4 m (404 ft 10 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 11.8 m (38 ft 9 in) |
Draft | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 2,050 nmi (3,800 km; 2,360 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 323 |
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During the German invasion of Norway in April 1940, Z17 Diether von Roeder was tasked to attack Narvik and participated in both the First and Second Naval Battles of Narvik. She was crippled by British destroyers during the first battle, but was able to severely damage a British destroyer during the second battle, before she had to be scuttled to prevent her capture.