| Z16 - Friedrich Eckoldt |
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| Photo courtesy David Walker, Scotland |
| General Details |
| Type |
1934A |
| Pennant number |
33, 32, 31 |
| Builder |
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany |
| Builder's number |
505 |
| Contract placed |
19 January 1935 |
| Laid down |
4 November 1935 |
| Launched |
21 March 1937 |
| Commissioned |
28 July 1938 |
| Fate |
Sunk 31 December 1942 by gunfire of HMS Sheffield during the Battle of Barents Sea. |
Ship named after
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Kapitänleutnant Hans Georg Günther Friedrich Eckoldt. Killed in action aboard torpedo boat V48, 31 May 1916. |
| Displacement |
| Displacement, standard |
2.270 t |
| Displacement, full load |
3.190 t |
| Dimensions and Construction Details |
| Lenght (waterline) |
116 m |
| Lenght (total) |
121 m |
| Beam |
11,3 m |
| Draft |
4,23 m |
| Machinery |
| Boilers |
Six Benson 110 Kg/cm² |
| Turbines |
Two Wagner geared |
| Turbo generators |
Two of 200 kW each |
| Diesel generators |
Two of 60 kW each and three 50 kW each |
| Shafts |
2 |
| Total performance |
70.000 shp |
| Speed |
38 knots |
| Range |
2.680 nm at 19 knots |
| Armament |
| 12,7 cm L/45 C/34 |
5 in single mountings (4 from 1944) |
| 3,7 cm L/83 C/30 |
4 in twin mountings (12 from 1944) |
| 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 |
6 in single mountings |
| 53,3 cm Torpedo tubes |
8 in two quadruple banks |
| Mines |
60 |
| Depth Charge launcher |
4 |
| Commanding Officers |
| 28.07.1938 - 20.07.1941 |
Korvettenkapitän/Fregattenkapitän Alfred Schemmel |
| 21.07.1942 - 18.08.1942 |
No commander of the ship |
| 19.08.1942 - 22.12.1942 |
Korvettenkapitän Lutz Gerstung |
| 23.12.1942 - 31.12.1942 |
Kapitän zur See Alfred Schemmel |
| Complement |
| Complement |
325 officers and men |