Einheitszerstörer

The **Einheitszerstörer** is a destroyer design in service with the Imperial Navy, which provided the basis for the destroyer classes **Zerstörer 1915** and **Zerstörer 1918**, the latter of which served as a testbed-vessel for the turbo-electric drive, which would later be installed on the Feuerreiter-class Battlecruisers and a number of other cruisers.

The Einheitszerstörer is also often, internationally, referred to as a patrol boat. With the introduction of the Zerstörer 1925, the Einheitszerstörer is usually used in such a role as well.

## Technical Data

### Range

4,000 nautical miles (7,500 km) at 10 knots (18.5 km/h)

### Armament

1x1 Modell 11 Fd. 5.5 Gun (10 cm gun), 1x2 Modell 20 Fd. 1.4 Guns (2.55 cm AA-guns), 1x4 Fd. 33.5 Torpedoes, 1 rail for mines or depth charges

## Notes

### Notes

Condition 1930

The **Zerstörer 1915**

## Technical Data

### Range

5,400 nautical miles (10,000 km) at 10 knots (18.5 km/h)

### Armament

1x1 Modell 11 Fd. 5.5 Gun (10 cm gun), 1x2 Modell 20 Fd. 1.4 Guns (2.55 cm AA-guns), 1x4 Fd. 33.5 Torpedoes, 1 rail for mines or depth charges

## Notes

### Notes

Condition 1930

The **Zerstörer 1918**

## Service History

**Ships**

Battleships: Kayfer-class Fast Battleship, Eyckenbaum-class Battleship, Imperatrix Gundel class Battleship, Bucks-class Fast Battleship
Battlecruisers/"The heavy cavalry of the Fleet": Feuerreiter-class Battlecruiser, Tauläufer-class Battlecruiser, Furtenland-class Battlecruiser (decommissioned)
Aircraft Carriers: Feuerbergadler-class Aircraft Carrier (to be commissioned 1941-1944), Tiefbucht-class Light Aircraft Carrier (to be commissioned 1942-1945), Waldschatten-class Aircraft Carrier, Early Aircraft Carriers of the Imperial Navy

**Boats**

Cruisers/"The light cavalry of the Fleet": Prinz-class Cruiser, Prinzessin-class Cruiser, Stadt-class Scout Cruiser
Destroyers: Zerstörer 1935 (Z-211 to Z-240, 30 units), Zerstörer 1925 (Z-151 to Z-210, 60 units), **Einheitszerstörer** a.k.a. Zerstörer 1918 (Z-121 to Z-150, 30 units) and Zerstörer 1915 (Z-113 to Z-130, 18 units), Zerstörer 1910 (42 units, decommissioned, awaiting scrapping)
Frigates/Flottenbegleiter: Flottenbegleiter 1928
Torpedo Boats: Torpedoboot 1922
**Supply and Support Vessels**

Other: SIM Kloster Garremach (training ship), Unterstützungsboot 1917 (support boat)

**Other Equipment**

**Battleship Artillery:** Modell 24 Fd. 25 Gun (45.5 cm gun), Modell 22 Fd. 22 Gun (40 cm gun)
Fd. 19.5 Guns (35.5 cm guns): Modell 18 Fd. 19.5 Gun, Modell 28 Fd. 19.5 Gun
**Cruiser Artillery:** Modell 25 Fd. 8.25 Gun (15 cm gun)
Fd. 11 Guns (20 cm guns): Modell 10 Fd. 11 Gun, Modell 15 Fd. 11 Gun, Modell 21 Fd. 11 Gun, Modell 28 Fd. 11 Gun
**Destroyer Artillery:**
Fd. 5.5 Guns (10 cm guns): Modell 11 Fd. 5.5 Gun, Modell 18 Fd. 5.5 Gun, Modell 26 Fd. 5.5 Gun (dual purpose mount)
For destroyers with delusions of grandeur: Modell 25 Fd. 8.25 Gun
Anti-Aircraft Artillery: Modell 31 Fd. 2 Gun (36 mm AA-gun), Modell 20 Fd. 1.4 Gun (2.55 cm AA-gun), Modell 26 Fd. 5.5 Gun (10 cm gun, dual purpose mount)
Torpedoes: Fd. 24.7 Aerial Torpedo (450 mm torpedo), Fd. 33.5 Torpedo (610 mm torpedo)
Rockets: Rockets of the Imperial Navy
Mines: Naval mines of the Imperial Navy
Aircraft: List of Aircraft in service with the Imperial Armed Forces
Radar: *Present and accounted for*
Sonar: *Present and accounted for*

Also see: Women in the Imperial Armed Forces, Doctrine of the Imperial Navy, Structure of the Imperial Navy in 1930, Structure of the Imperial Navy in 1940, Marine-Schützen-Korps, Imperatorwerften Wahlerhaven.
Competitors: Shipclasses and equipment of the Sultan's Navy, Structure of the SDF-Navy in 1942, Structure of the Lutetiian Navy in 1942
Project 1940: Structure of the SDF-Navy in 1942, Structure of the Sultan's Navy in 1940, Structure of the Armed Forces of the Principality in 1940, Structure of the Lutetiian Navy in 1942, Structure of the Armed Forces of the Empire of Kupandukira in 1940