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New from H-P Models, German Destroyer Z.9, 1940.
From H-P Models, 1/700 German Destroyer Z.9, 1940. The Wolfgang Zenker was lost in Norway campaign, 1940.
The German destroyer Wolfgang Zenker ended her days in Rombakfjorden outside Narvik on the 13th of April 1940 after she had run out of ammunition and petrol. Hans Ludemann belonged to the German Kriegsschiffgruppe 1 which had the securing of Narvik as their target during the German operation Weserübung in 1940. Under this second naval engagement on the 13th of April, Wolfgang Zenker tries to attack the British battleship Warspite with torpedoes together with the two German destroyers Hans Ludemann and Bernd Von Arnim, but is forced back by heavy gunfire, but they manage to damage the British destroyer HMS Punjabi during the battle. After this Wolfgang Zenker set her course in to the Rombakfjorden and the crew themselves sinks the destroyer shortly afterwards. The wreck of Wolfgang Zenker rest today in shallow waters in Rombaksbotten on a depth of ten to sixteen meters. SFT investigated the wreck in 1999 for oil, and stated that the wreck was not a great threat anymore to the environment concerning pollution...
The German destroyer Wolfgang Zenker ended her days in Rombakfjorden outside Narvik on the 13th of April 1940 after she had run out of ammunition and petrol. Hans Ludemann belonged to the German Kriegsschiffgruppe 1 which had the securing of Narvik as their target during the German operation Weserübung in 1940. Under this second naval engagement on the 13th of April, Wolfgang Zenker tries to attack the British battleship Warspite with torpedoes together with the two German destroyers Hans Ludemann and Bernd Von Arnim, but is forced back by heavy gunfire, but they manage to damage the British destroyer HMS Punjabi during the battle. After this Wolfgang Zenker set her course in to the Rombakfjorden and the crew themselves sinks the destroyer shortly afterwards. The wreck of Wolfgang Zenker rest today in shallow waters in Rombaksbotten on a depth of ten to sixteen meters. SFT investigated the wreck in 1999 for oil, and stated that the wreck was not a great threat anymore to the environment concerning pollution...
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