Z9 Wolfgang Zenker

Z9 Wolfgang Zenker was a Type 1934A-class destroyer built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in the mid-1930s. Several days after the start of World War II, she unsuccessfully attacked, together with another destroyer, Polish ships anchored at the naval base on the Hel Peninsula. In early 1940 the ship made two successful minelaying sorties off the English coast that claimed six merchant ships. Wolfgang Zenker participated in the early stages of the Norwegian Campaign by transporting troops to the Narvik area in early April 1940. The ship fought in both naval Battles of Narvik several days later and had to be scuttled after she exhausted her ammunition.

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Z9 Wolfgang Zenker
speed 36 knot, length 119 metre, beam 11.3 metre, draft 4.23 metre, 
Type 1934A-class destroyer, destroyer, Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kriegsmarine, 

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Location: 68.4167, 17.9, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Z11 Arnim ⓘ
  1936 Type 1934A-class destroyer

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  Z12 Erich Giese ⓘ
  1937 Type 1934A-class destroyer

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  Z17 Diether von Roeder ⓘ
  1937 Type 1936 destroyer

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  Z18 Hans Lüdemann ⓘ
  1937 Type 1936 destroyer

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  Z19 Hermann Künne ⓘ
  1937 Type 1936 destroyer

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  Z2 Georg Thiele ⓘ
  1935 Type 1934-class destroyer

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  Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp ⓘ
  1938 Type 1936 destroyer

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  Z9 Wolfgang Zenker ⓘ
  1936 Type 1934A-class destroyer

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  Z22 Anton Schmitt ⓘ
  1938 Type 1936 destroyer

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Operation Weserübung

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1935-03-22T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1936-03-27T00:00:00Z

1936-03-27T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1940-04-09T00:00:00Z

1940-06-08T00:00:00Z

1940 Battles of Narvik

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Z 9 Wolfgang Zenker

Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-758-0056-35, Norwegen, deutsche Kriegsschiffe

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		First Naval Battle of Narvik	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Second Naval Battle of Narvik	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Third Battle of Narvik	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Battles of Narvik	Norway, United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, battle	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z11 Arnim	Type 1934A-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z12 Erich Giese	Type 1934A-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z17 Diether von Roeder	Type 1936 destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z18 Hans Lüdemann	Type 1936 destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z19 Hermann Künne	destroyer, Type 1936 destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z2 Georg Thiele	Type 1934-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp	Type 1936 destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Z9 Wolfgang Zenker	Type 1934A-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1939	Z22 Anton Schmitt	destroyer, Type 1936 destroyer	Wikidata
site	museum		Narvik Red Cross War Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Hunter	G and H-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		ORP Grom	Grom-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		U-64	shipwreck, Type IXB submarine, submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1936	HMS Hardy	shipwreck, G and H-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		Z 9 Wolfgang Zenker		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-758-0056-35, Norwegen, deutsche Kriegsschiffe		Commons