Z Plan (HM6)

Plan Z was the name given to the planned (by admiral ) re-equipment and expansion of the German Navy () ordered by on January 27, 1939. With this force, Raeder promised that he could destroy the . The plan called for a Kriegsmarine of
* 10 battleships
* 4 aircraft carriers
* 3 battlecruisers
* 3 old panzerschiffe
* 12 new panzerschiffe
* 5 heavy cruisers
* 36 M-class light cruisers
* 24 Spähkreuzer-type light cruisers
* 68 destroyers
* 90 torpedo boats
* 249 U-boats
These ships were supposed to be finished by 1948. To last a year, ten million cubic metres of storage would have to be built in order to supply enough oil.
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