Dragon 1065 German Z-32 Destroyer - Smart Kit

The Z32 was a German destroyer, the keel of which was laid in 1940 and launched in August 1941. The destroyer entered the rope service in the German Navy (German Kriegsmarine) in September 1942. The ship was 127 meters long, 12 meters wide, and had a full displacement of 3,600 tons. The maximum speed of the Z32 destroyer was 38.5 knots! The main armament at the time of launch was 5 150 mm guns in one twin and three single turrets, and the secondary armament was: 4 37 mm cannons, 9 20 mm cannons and 8 533 mm torpedo tubes and mines.

The Z32 was the tenth ship of the Narvik or 1936A class, but the second of the Mob. These types of destroyers were an extension of the Type 1936 destroyers. The main changes were to strengthen the armament and replace the main artillery from 127 mm cannons with 150 mm cannons. Sea performance has also been slightly improved and the swimming range has been slightly extended. The result was a series of large destroyers that could, under favorable conditions, engage in combat with Allied light cruisers or French large destroyers. The Mob subtype, on the other hand, had reinforced anti-aircraft armament. Destroyer Z32's combat career began in March 1943, when it was transferred to the French coast (to the port of Bordeaux) as part of Operation Karin. Shortly thereafter, he collaborated with the Italian Navy units in the Bay of Biscay. In December 1943, he took part in a battle with British forces (the so-called Battle of the Bay of Biscay) - a defeat for the Kriegsmarine. At the time of the Allied landing in Normandy on June 6, 1944, he was assigned to fight the invasion fleet. He was sunk by the British on June 9 of the same year.