Type 1936A destroyer

Z39 in September 1945
Class overview
Operators	Kriegsmarine  French Navy  Soviet Navy  Royal Navy  United States Navy
Preceded by	Type 1936 destroyer
Succeeded by	Type 1936B destroyer
Subclasses	Type 1936A, Type 1936A (Mob)
Built	1938–1943
In commission	1940–1958
Completed	15
Lost	7
Retired	8
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,543–2,657 long tons (2,584–2,700 t) (standard)
Length	127 m (416 ft 8 in) (o/a)
Beam	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught	4.38–4.65 m (14 ft 4 in – 15 ft 3 in)
Installed power	6 × water-tube boilers 70,000 PS (51,000 kW; 69,000 shp)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × geared steam turbine sets
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	2,600 nmi (4,800 km; 3,000 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	321–335
Armament	4 × single or 1 × twin and 3 × single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns 2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns 5–10 × 2 cm (0.79 in) AA guns 2 × quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 4 × depth charge throwers 60 × mines

The Type 1936A destroyers, also known as the Z23 class, were a group of fifteen destroyers built for the Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine from 1938 to 1943. They were known to the Allies as the Narvik class. In common with other German destroyers launched after the start of World War II, the Narviks were unnamed, known only by their hull numbers – Z23 to Z39.