![]() ![]() After emergency repairs, she continued providing fire support in the Warnenmünde harbor until she exhausted all her ammunition. She was assigned to convoy escort and artillery support for troops on land until she struck a mine in April 1945. Z-43, the last survivor of the class was commissioned in May 1944 and followed her sisterships’ steps. In December 1944, due to bad weather, they entered ironically a friendly minefield and both struck mines with Z-36 sinking almost immediately and Z-35 a bit later. The ships were used for mine-laying operations, escorting convoys and bombarding Soviet positions. Z-35 and Z-36 were commissioned in September 1943 and February 1944 respectively. In total, 8 ships were planned but only 3 served during the war even though they had fairly short careers. The Z-44 was a never-completed Type 1936B destroyer from the Kriegsmarine. Is she worth that amount of resources? Does she bring anything interesting to the table? Here is my opinion on it. So… the Z-44 is getting released today for the price of 228 000 coal or 19 300 doubloons. ![]()
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