German destroyer Z11 Bernd von Arnim

Z11 Bernd von Arnim was a Type 1934A-class destroyer built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in the late 1930s. At the beginning of World War II, the ship was initially deployed to blockade the Polish coast, but she was quickly transferred to the German Bight to lay minefields in German waters. In late 1939 the ship made one successful minelaying sortie off the English coast that claimed one British warship and seven merchant ships. During the early stages of the Norwegian Campaign, Bernd von Arnim fought the British destroyer Glowworm while transporting troops to the Narvik area in early April 1940, but neither ship was damaged during the action. The ship fought in both naval Battles of Narvik several days later and had to be scuttled after she exhausted her ammunition.

Bernd von Arnim had an overall length of 119 meters and was 114 meters long at the waterline. The ship had a beam of 11.30 meters , and a maximum draft of 4.23 meters . She displaced 2,171 long tons at standard load and 3,190 long tons at deep load. The Wagner geared steam turbines were designed to produce 70,000 metric horsepower which would propel the ship at 36 knots . Steam was provided to the turbines by six high-pressure Benson boilers with superheaters. Bernd von Arnim carried a maximum of 752 metric tons of fuel oil which was intended to give a range of 4,400 nautical miles at 19 knots , but the ship proved top-heavy in service and 30% of the fuel had to be retained as ballast low in the ship. The effective range proved to be only 1,530 nmi at 19 knots .

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