German destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp
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Type 1936 German destroyer sunk off Narvik in 1940
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German destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp
- Ships and Boats
- World War II
Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp was a Type 1936 destroyer built for the Kriegsmarine in the late 1930s and served as a flagship throughout her career. Before and during World War II, she inspected neutral shipping in the Skagerrak and helped lay four minefields off the English coast. During the German invasion of Norway, she sank a Norwegian coastal defense ship off Narvik, then was crippled in the First Naval Battle of Narvik. She sank the next day, after 81 crewmen were lost.
- Class
- Type 1936 destroyer
- Role
- Flagship
- Fate
- Sank following the First Naval Battle of Narvik
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- German destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q136613
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
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