Z-26

Type:
Destroyer
Class:
Zerströrer 1936 A
Builder:
Deschimag
Bremen, Germany
Hull Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
April 2, 1940
Keel Laid:
April 1, 1939
Commissioned:


January 11, 1941
Fate:
Sunk Mar. 29, 1942 by HMS Trinidad, HMS Fury H-76 and HMS Eclipse H-08 (gunfire).

Location: Barents Sea, 216 miles north of Murmansk, Russia.
(72.07N - 32.15E)

243 crewmen killed,
88 survivors picked up by Z-24 & Z-25,
8 survivors picked up by U-378 & U-585.


Commanders
From
To
Name
Jan. 1, 1941
Mar. 29, 1942
Korvettenkapitän Ritter und Edler Herr von Berger.


Combat Victories
     
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
Mar. 29, 1942
Bateau
Freighter
6,097
Panama
(a)
Total: 1
6,097
Notes
(a):
Sunk while scattered from convoy PQ-13, 41 crewmen killed, 5 survivors taken prisoner
and interned in Milag Nord.


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Nov. 22, 2011