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Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp

Zerstörer 1939 - 1940  Zerstörer 1936  Class

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Z 21 Wilhelm Heidkamp (1939)


Until February 1940 the ship took part in four offensive mine laying operation in the North Sea, from 10.09.1939 the Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp was the command ship of the Commander of Destroyers (Führer der Zerstörer).  During in Operation Weserübung the ship was part of the Kriegsschiffgruppe 1 heading for Narvik where it was heavily damaged on 10.04.1940 at Narvik in a battle with British destroyers. Sunk after a torpedo hit from the British destroyer Hardy on 11.04.1940.

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