# List of ships of World War II (Z)

The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history. Submarines show submerged displacement.
List of ships of World War II (Z) :
| Ship | Country or organization | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| Z1 Leberecht Maass | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934 | destroyer | 2,259 t (2,223 long tons) (standard) | 14 January 1937 | Sunk by a naval mine or bomb on 22 February 1940. |
| Z2 Georg Thiele | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934 | destroyer | 2,259 t (2,223 long tons) (standard) | 27 February 1937 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
| Z3 Max Schultz | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934 | destroyer | 3,150 | 27 February 1937 | sunk 22 February 1940 |
| Z4 Richard Beitzen | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934 | destroyer | 3,150 | 13 May 1937 | ceded to UK, scrapped 1947 |
| Z5 Paul Jakobi | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934A | destroyer | 2,206 t (2,171 long tons) (normal) 3,160 t (3,110 long tons) (deep load) | 29 June 1937 | ceded to UK, then to France February 1946 and renamed Desaix, scrapped 1958 |
| Z6 Theodor Riedel | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 2 July 1937 | Ceded to UK, then to France February 1946, renamed Kleber, scrapped 1958 |
| Z7 Hermann Schoemann | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 9 September 1937 | sunk 2 May 1942 |
| Z8 Bruno Heinemann | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 8 January 1938 | sunk 25 January 1942 |
| Z9 Wolfgang Zenker | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 2 July 1938 | scuttled 13 April 1940 |
| Z10 Hans Lody | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 13 September 1938 | scrapped 1946 - 1949 |
| Z11 Bernd von Arnim | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 6 December 1938 | scuttled 13 April 1940 |
| Z12 Erich Giese | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 4 March 1939 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
| Z13 Erich Koellner | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 28 March 1939 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
| Z14 Friedrich Ihn | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 6 April 1938 | scrapped 1952 |
| Z15 Erich Steinbrinck | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 31 May 1938 | ceded to USSR, 5 November 1945, renamed Pylikiy; scrapped 1958 |
| Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt | Kriegsmarine | Type 1934A | destroyer | 3,100 | 28 July 1938 | sunk 31 December 1942 |
| Z17 Diether von Roeder | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936 | destroyer | 4,400 | 29 August 1938 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
| Z18 Hans Lüdemann | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936 | destroyer | 3,400 | 8 October 1938 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
| Z19 Hermann Künne | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936 | destroyer | 3,400 | 12 January 1939 | sunk 13 April 1940 |
| Z20 Karl Galster | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936 | destroyer | 3,415 | 21 March 1939 | scrapped 1956 |
| Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936 | destroyer | 3,400 | 10 June 1939 | sunk 10 April 1940 |
| Z22 Anton Schmidt | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936 | destroyer | 3,400 | 24 September 1939 | Sunk 10 April 1940 |
| Z23 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A | destroyer | 3,605 | 15 September 1940 | decommissioned 21 August 1944, scrapped in 1951. |
| Z24 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A | destroyer | 3,605 | 26 October 1940 | sunk 25 August 1944 |
| Z25 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A | destroyer | 3,605 | 30 November 1940 | taken by France after war, scrapped in 1958. |
| Z26 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A | destroyer | 3,605 | 11 January 1941 | sunk 29 March 1942 |
| Z27 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A | destroyer | 3,605 | 26 February 1941 | sunk 28 December 1943 |
| Z28 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A | destroyer | 3,605 | 9 August 1941 | sunk 3 March 1945 |
| Z29 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A | destroyer | 3,605 | 25 June 1941 | taken by Britain after war, given to US, scuttled 16 December 1946 |
| Z30 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A | destroyer | 3,605 | 15 November 1941 | taken by Norway after war, given to Britain, scrapped 1949 |
| Z31 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 11 April 1942 | taken by France after war, scrapped in 1958. |
| Z32 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 15 September 1942 | destroyed 9 June 1944 |
| Z33 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 6 February 1943 | taken by Soviet Union after war, sunk as target ship 1961. |
| Z34 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 5 June 1943 | taken by USA after war, scuttled 26 March 1946 |
| Z35 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936B | destroyer | 2,559 t (2,519 long tons) | 22 September 1943 | Sunk by a mine on 12 December 1944. |
| Z36 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936B | destroyer | 2,559 t (normal) 3,599 t (3,542 long tons) (deep load) | 19 February 1944 | Sunk by a mine on 12 December 1944. |
| Z37 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 16 July 1942 | scuttled 24 August 1944, scrapped in 1949 |
| Z38 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 20 March 1943 | taken by Britain after war, scrapped between 1949 and 1950. |
| Z39 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936A Mob | destroyer | 3,691 | 21 August 1943 | taken by Britain after war, scrapped in 1964. |
| Z40 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936B | destroyer | 2,559 t (normal) 3,599 t (deep load) | | Cancelled in 1940. |
| Z41 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936B | destroyer | 2,559 t (normal) 3,599 t (deep load) | | Cancelled in 1940. |
| Z42 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936B | destroyer | | | Cancelled in 1940. |
| Z43 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936B | destroyer | 2,559 t (normal) 3,599 t (deep load) | 31 May 1944 | Scuttled on 3 May 1945. |
| Z44 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936B | destroyer | | | Sunk on 29 July 1944. |
| Z45 | Kriegsmarine | Type 1936B | destroyer | | | Scrapped in 1946. |
| Zambesi | Royal Navy | Z | destroyer | 1,830 | 18 July 1944 | scrapped 1959 |
| Zara | Regia Marina | Zara | heavy cruiser | 11,500 | 20 October 1931 | sunk 29 March 1941 |
| Zealous | Royal Navy | Z | destroyer | 1,830 | 9 October 1944 | to Israel after war |
| Zebra | Royal Navy | Z | destroyer | 1,830 | 13 October 1944 | scrapped 1954 |
| Zenith | Royal Navy | Z | destroyer | 1,830 | 22 December 1944 | to Egypt after war |
| Zephyr | Royal Navy | Z | destroyer | 1,830 | 6 September 1944 | paid off 1954 |
| Zest | Royal Navy | Z | destroyer | 1,830 | 12 July 1944 | paid off July 1968 |
| Zetland | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer | 1,050 | 27 June 1942 | paid off 20 April 1946, scrapped 1965 |
| Zinnia | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 30 March 1941 | sunk 23 August 1941 by U-564 |
| Zodiac | Royal Navy | Z | destroyer | 1,830 | 23 October 1944 | to Israel after war |
| Zuihō | Imperial Japanese Navy | Zuihō | aircraft carrier | 11,260 | January 1941 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
| Zuikaku | Imperial Japanese Navy | Shōkaku | aircraft carrier | 29,800 | 25 September 1941 | 25 October 1944 |
| Zulu | Royal Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 7 September 1938 | sunk 14 September 1942 |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Their deep loads were 3,207 t (3,156 long tons).