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Z28

Zerstörer 1941 - 1945  Zerstörer 1936A  Class

   Information   History   Operational History   Technical Data   1:1250 Model 
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.
:   To be continued.

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