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Z12 Erich Giese

Zerstörer 1939 - 1940  Zerstörer 1934A  Class

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Z12 Erich Giese (1939)


Z12 Erich Giese  to part in one mining operation in British coastal waters on 07.12.1939 where it torpedoed the British destroyer Jersey , damaging the ship heavily.  During in Operation Weserübung  the Z12 Erich Giese  was part of the Kriegsschiffgruppe 1 heading for Narvik, where it was sunk on 13.04.1940 after a battle with 6 British destroyers.


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