Z19 Hermann Künne

Z19 Hermann Künne was one of six Type 1936 destroyers built for the Kriegsmarine in the late 1930s. Completed at the beginning of 1939, the ship spent most of her time training although she did participate in the occupation of Memel a few months later. At the beginning of World War II in September, she was initially deployed to lay minefields off the German coast, but was soon transferred to the Skagerrak where she inspected neutral shipping for contraband goods. In late 1939, Z18 Hans Lüdemann helped to laid four offensive minefields off the English coast that claimed two British destroyers and thirty-eight merchant ships.

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Hermann Künne; Z19
length 123 metre, beam 11.8 metre, length 123.4 metre, speed 38.5 knot, draft 4.5 metre, speed 36 knot, beam 11.75 metre, 
Type 1936 destroyer, destroyer, Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau, Kriegsmarine, 

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Location: 68.5236, 17.4236, 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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  Z13 Erich Koellner ⓘ
  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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1937-12-22T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1936-10-05T00:00:00Z

1936-10-05T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1939-01-12T00:00:00Z

1939-01-12T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

Operation Weserübung

1940-04-09T00:00:00Z

1940-06-08T00:00:00Z

1940 Battles of Narvik

1940-04-23T00:00:00Z

1940-04-25T00:00:00Z

1940 Battle of Gratangen

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Hermann kunne on fire 13apr1940

Narvik harbor in 1940 with broken German Destroyer

The wreck of Z19 Hermann Künne at low tide

Z19 wreck location and surrounding landscape

Kriegsmarine Matrosenhemd Takelhemd Arbeitsbluse Nazi Germany Navy sailor shirt name matrostrøye (from destroyer Herman Kuenne sunk during battle of Narvik 1940 found 50 years later) Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum WWII Museum Norway 2022 DS

Kriegsmarine Matrosenhemd Takelhemd Arbeitsbluse Nazi Germany Navy sailor shirt matrostrøye (from destroyer Herman Kuenne sunk in Herjangen during battle of Narvik 1940 found 50 years later) Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum WWII Museum Norway

Kriegsmarine Matrosenhemd Brustadler Wehrmachtadler Nazi Germany Navy sailor shirt eagle-and-swastika (from destroyer Herman Kuenne sunk during battle of Narvik 1940 found 50 years later) Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum WWII Museum Norway 202

Kriegsmarine Matrosenhemd Brustadler Wehrmachtsadler Nazi Germany Navy sailor shirt eagle-and-swastika (from destroyer Herman Kuenne sunk during battle of Narvik 1940 found 50 years later) Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum WWII Museum Norway DS

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
event	armed conflict	1940	Battle of Gratangen	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		Z13 Erich Koellner	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		Hermann kunne on fire 13apr1940		Commons
commons	image		Narvik harbor in 1940 with broken German Destroyer		Commons
commons	image		The wreck of Z19 Hermann Künne at low tide		Commons
commons	image		Z19 wreck location and surrounding landscape		Commons
commons	image		Kriegsmarine Matrosenhemd Takelhemd Arbeitsbluse Nazi Germany Navy sailor shirt name matrostrøye (from destroyer Herman Kuenne sunk during battle of Narvik 1940 found 50 years later) Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum WWII Museum Norway 2022 DS		Commons
commons	image		Kriegsmarine Matrosenhemd Takelhemd Arbeitsbluse Nazi Germany Navy sailor shirt matrostrøye (from destroyer Herman Kuenne sunk in Herjangen during battle of Narvik 1940 found 50 years later) Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum WWII Museum Norway		Commons
commons	image		Kriegsmarine Matrosenhemd Brustadler Wehrmachtadler Nazi Germany Navy sailor shirt eagle-and-swastika (from destroyer Herman Kuenne sunk during battle of Narvik 1940 found 50 years later) Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum WWII Museum Norway 202		Commons
commons	image		Kriegsmarine Matrosenhemd Brustadler Wehrmachtsadler Nazi Germany Navy sailor shirt eagle-and-swastika (from destroyer Herman Kuenne sunk during battle of Narvik 1940 found 50 years later) Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum WWII Museum Norway DS		Commons