German destroyer ZH1
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ZH1 was the lead ship of her class of four destroyers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the late 1930s. Originally named Gerard Callenburgh, the ship was scuttled while still incomplete by the Dutch during the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, but she was salvaged by the Germans a few months later and commissioned in the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in 1942 as ZH1.
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Name | ZH1 |
Builder | Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Laid down | 12 October 1938 |
Launched | 12 October 1939 |
Acquired | 15 May 1940 |
Commissioned | 11 October 1942 |
Fate | Scuttled, 9 June 1944 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Gerard Callenburgh-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 106.7 m (350 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 10.6 m (34 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 3.52 m (11 ft 7 in) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 2,700 nmi (5,000 km; 3,100 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 230 |
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After many delays, the ship was transferred to France in late 1943 where she escorted Axis blockade runners and submarines through the Bay of Biscay. After the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944, she was one of the few remaining destroyers in French waters and they were ordered to attack the invasion shipping off the beaches. During the Battle of Ushant several days later, ZH1 was crippled and scuttled to prevent her capture, most of her crew being rescued by the Allies.