07-09.04.1942: |
Z28
, T7
and K4
escort the passenger ships Scharnhorst
and Gneisneau
on their way from Cuxhaven to Stavanger. |
18-20.04.1942: |
Z28
and the torpedo boats T7
and T16
escort the auxiliary ships Kärnten, Dithmarschen
and the tender Tsingtau
from Stavangar to Trondheim. |
09-10.05.1942: |
Z28
, Z30
, T5
and T7
escorrt the heavy crusier Admiral Scheer
and the Troßschiff Dithmarschen
from Trondheim to Narvik. |
03-06.07.1942: |
Operation Rösselsprung: In a major operation of the battleship Tirpitz
and the heavy cruisers Admiral Scheer
, Lützow
and Admiral Hipper
against the allied convoy PQ17, several destroyers and torpedo boats escort the capital ships: Friedrich Ihn
, Hans Lody
, Karl Galster
, Theodor Riedel
, Richard Beitzen
, Friedrich Eckoldt
, Erich Steinbrinck
, Z24
, Z27
, Z28
, Z29
, Z30
, T7
and T15
. The operation is cancelled, but the convoy is heaviely attacked by U-boats and the Luftwaffe. |
24-28.09.1942: |
The destroyers Richard Beizen
, Z23
, Z28
, Z29
and Z30
proceed to a mine laying operation at Nowaja Semlja. They are covered by the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
. |
01-02.10.1942: |
The heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
is escorded by Z23
, Z28
, T9
and T12
on its way from the Altafjord to the Bogenbucht. |
23-24.10.1942: |
Richard Beitzen
, Friedrich Eckoldt, Z23, Z28
and Z29
escort the battleship Tirpitz
and the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
from Narvik to Trondheim. |
06-10.11.1942: |
Z23
, Z28
and Z29
escort the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
from Trondheim back to Germany. |
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To be continued. |
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