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margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2,171 long tons (2,206 t) (<a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)#Standard_displacement" title="Displacement (ship)">standard</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3,190 long tons (3,240 t) (<a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">119 m (390 ft 5 in) <a href="/wiki/O/a" class="mw-redirect" title="O/a">o/a</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">114 m (374 ft 0 in) <a href="/wiki/Length_at_the_waterline" class="mw-redirect" title="Length at the waterline">w/l</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>11.30 m (37 ft 1 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>4.23 m (13 ft 11 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">70,000 <a href="/wiki/Metric_horsepower" class="mw-redirect" title="Metric horsepower">PS</a> (51,000 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>; 69,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × <a href="/wiki/Water-tube_boiler" title="Water-tube boiler">water-tube boilers</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 shafts, 2 × geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>36 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (67 km/h; 41 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>1,530 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (2,830 km; 1,760 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>325</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">5 × single <a href="/wiki/12.7_cm_SK_C/34_naval_gun" title="12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun">12.7 cm (5 in)</a> guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × twin <a href="/wiki/3.7_cm_SK_C/30" title="3.7 cm SK C/30">3.7 cm (1.5 in)</a> <a href="/wiki/AA_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="AA gun">AA guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × single <a href="/wiki/3.7_cm_SK_C/30" title="3.7 cm SK C/30">2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">60 <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">32–64 <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charges</a>, 4 throwers and 6 individual racks</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Z9 <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i></b> was a <a href="/wiki/Type_1934A-class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 1934A-class destroyer">Type 1934A-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> built for <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a></i> in the mid-1930s. Several days after the start of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, she unsuccessfully attacked, together with another destroyer, Polish ships anchored at the naval base on the <a href="/wiki/Hel_Peninsula" title="Hel Peninsula">Hel Peninsula</a>. In early 1940 the ship made two successful <a href="/wiki/Minelaying" class="mw-redirect" title="Minelaying">minelaying</a> <a href="/wiki/Sortie" title="Sortie">sorties</a> off the English coast that claimed six merchant ships. <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> participated in the early stages of the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian Campaign">Norwegian Campaign</a> by transporting troops to the Narvik area in early April 1940. The ship fought in both naval <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Narvik" title="Battles of Narvik">Battles of Narvik</a> several days later and had to be <a href="/wiki/Scuttled" class="mw-redirect" title="Scuttled">scuttled</a> after she exhausted her ammunition. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_description">Design and description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_destroyer_Z9_Wolfgang_Zenker&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> had an <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall length</a> of 119 meters (390 ft 5 in) and was 114 meters (374 ft 0 in) <a href="/wiki/Length_at_the_waterline" class="mw-redirect" title="Length at the waterline">long at the waterline</a>. The ship had a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 11.30 meters (37 ft 1 in), and a maximum <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draft</a> of 4.23 meters (13 ft 11 in). She displaced 2,171 metric tons (2,137 long tons) at <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)#Standard_displacement" title="Displacement (ship)">standard</a> and 3,110 metric tons (3,060 long tons) at <a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>. The Wagner geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a> were designed to produce 70,000 <a href="/wiki/Metric_horsepower" class="mw-redirect" title="Metric horsepower">metric horsepower</a> (51,000 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>; 69,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a>) which would propel the ship at 36 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (67 <a href="/wiki/Kilometres_per_hour" title="Kilometres per hour">km/h</a>; 41 <a href="/wiki/Miles_per_hour" title="Miles per hour">mph</a>). Steam was provided to the turbines by six high-pressure Benson <a href="/wiki/Boiler_(steam_generator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boiler (steam generator)">boilers</a><sup id="cite_ref-g9_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g9-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Superheater" title="Superheater">superheaters</a>. <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> carried a maximum of 752 metric tons (740 long tons) of <a href="/wiki/Fuel_oil" title="Fuel oil">fuel oil</a> which was intended to give a range of 4,400 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph), but the ship proved top-heavy in service and 30% of the fuel had to be retained as <a href="/wiki/Sailing_ballast" class="mw-redirect" title="Sailing ballast">ballast</a> low in the ship.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The effective range proved to be only 1,530 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (2,830 km; 1,760 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> carried five <a href="/wiki/12.7_cm_SK_C/34_naval_gun" title="12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun">12.7 cm SK C/34 guns</a> in single mounts with <a href="/wiki/Gun_shield" title="Gun shield">gun shields</a>, two each <a href="/wiki/Superfire" class="mw-redirect" title="Superfire">superimposed</a>, fore and aft. The fifth gun was carried on top of the rear deckhouse. Her <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-aircraft</a> armament consisted of four <a href="/wiki/3.7_cm_SK_C/30" title="3.7 cm SK C/30">3.7 cm SK C/30</a> guns in two twin mounts abreast the rear <a href="/wiki/Funnel_(ship)" title="Funnel (ship)">funnel</a> and six <a href="/wiki/2_cm_FlaK_30/38/Flakvierling" class="mw-redirect" title="2 cm FlaK 30/38/Flakvierling">2 cm C/30</a> guns in single mounts. The ship carried eight above-water 53.3-centimeter (21.0 in) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a> in two power-operated mounts. A pair of reload torpedoes were provided for each mount.<sup id="cite_ref-g9_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g9-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charge</a> throwers were mounted on the sides of the rear deckhouse and they were supplemented by six racks for individual depth charges on the sides of the stern. Enough depth charges were carried for either two or four patterns of 16 charges each.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mine rails could be fitted on the rear deck that had a maximum capacity of 60 <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-g9_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g9-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 'GHG' (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Gruppenhorchger%C3%A4t" title="Gruppenhorchgerät">Gruppenhorchgerät</a></i>) passive <a href="/wiki/Hydrophone" title="Hydrophone">hydrophones</a> were fitted to detect <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_destroyer_Z9_Wolfgang_Zenker&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Narvik" title="Battles of Narvik">Battles of Narvik</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-758-0056-35,_Norwegen,_deutsche_Kriegsschiffe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-758-0056-35%2C_Norwegen%2C_deutsche_Kriegsschiffe.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-758-0056-35%2C_Norwegen%2C_deutsche_Kriegsschiffe.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-758-0056-35%2C_Norwegen%2C_deutsche_Kriegsschiffe.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-758-0056-35%2C_Norwegen%2C_deutsche_Kriegsschiffe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-758-0056-35%2C_Norwegen%2C_deutsche_Kriegsschiffe.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-758-0056-35%2C_Norwegen%2C_deutsche_Kriegsschiffe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="516" /></a><figcaption><i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> is the destroyer farthest away from the photographer, the front one being <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z17_Diether_von_Roeder" title="German destroyer Z17 Diether von Roeder">Z17 <i>Diether von Roeder</i></a>. The smaller vessels are captured Norwegian patrol boats.</figcaption></figure> <p>The ship was ordered on 9 January 1935 and <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> at <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Krupp_Germaniawerft" title="Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft">Germania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a> on 22 March 1935 as yard number G535. She was <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 27 March 1936 and completed on 2 July 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> participated in the August 1938 <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Review" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleet Review">Fleet Review</a> as part of the 6th Destroyer Division and the following fleet exercise. On the morning of 3 September 1939, after the start of World War II, the destroyers <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z1_Leberecht_Maass" title="German destroyer Z1 Leberecht Maass"><i>Leberecht Maass</i></a> and <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i>, under the command of Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_L%C3%BCtjens" title="Günther Lütjens">Günther Lütjens</a>, attacked the Polish destroyer <a href="/wiki/ORP_Wicher" title="ORP Wicher"><i>Wicher</i></a> and the <a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">minelayer</a> <a href="/wiki/ORP_Gryf_(1936)" title="ORP Gryf (1936)"><i>Gryf</i></a> as they laid anchored in the naval base on the Hel Peninsula. The German ships opened fire at a range of 12,700 meters (13,900 yd). The Polish ships, as well as a <a href="/wiki/Heliodor_Laskowski%27s_Artillery_Battery_No._31_(XXXI)" title="Heliodor Laskowski's Artillery Battery No. 31 (XXXI)">coast defense battery</a> of 15-centimeter (5.9 in) replied effectively and forced the German destroyers to make evasive maneuvers and to lay a <a href="/wiki/Smoke_screen" title="Smoke screen">smoke screen</a> to throw off the aim of the Polish gunners. A 15-centimeter shell struck <i>Leberecht Maass</i>, killing four men and disabling one gun. Admiral Lutjens ordered the action broken off 40 minutes later as the German fire was ineffective.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the other destroyers were busy escorting the German heavy ships and laying <a href="/wiki/Minefield" class="mw-redirect" title="Minefield">minefields</a> off the British coast,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> played no part of any of these operations until the night of 10/11 January 1940 when she laid a minefield off <a href="/wiki/Cromer" title="Cromer">Cromer</a> with her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sisters</a> <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z8_Bruno_Heinemann" title="German destroyer Z8 Bruno Heinemann"><i>Bruno Heinemann</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z13_Erich_Koellner" title="German destroyer Z13 Erich Koellner"><i>Erich Koellner</i></a>. Three ships totaling 11,155 <a href="/wiki/Gross_Register_Tons" class="mw-redirect" title="Gross Register Tons">Gross Register Tons</a> (GRT) were sunk by this minefield.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same three ships made another <a href="/wiki/Sortie" title="Sortie">sortie</a> on the night of 9/10 February into the same area and laid 157 mines that claimed three ships totaling 11,855 GRT.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> suffered ice damage in mid-February and was forced to return prematurely when she was escorting the <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleships</a> <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau" title="German battleship Gneisenau"><i>Gneisenau</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst" title="German battleship Scharnhorst"><i>Scharnhorst</i></a> when they attempted to intercept British convoys to Scandinavia.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> was allocated to Group 1 for the Norwegian portion of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung" title="Operation Weserübung">Operation Weserübung</a>. The group's task was to transport the 139th Mountain Infantry Regiment (<i>139. Gebirgsjäger Regiment</i>) and the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Mountain_Division_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Mountain Division (Germany)">3rd Mountain Division</a> (<i>3. Gebirgs-Division</i>) to seize <a href="/wiki/Narvik" class="mw-redirect" title="Narvik">Narvik</a>. The ships began loading troops on 6 April and set sail the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When they arrived at the <a href="/wiki/Ofotfjord" title="Ofotfjord">Ofotfjord</a>, west of Narvik, on the early morning of 9 April, the three ships of the 4th Flotilla, under the command of Commander <a href="/wiki/Erich_Bey" title="Erich Bey">Erich Bey</a>, were ordered to land their troops in the Herjangsfjord (a northern branch of the Ofotfjord) in order to capture a <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Army" title="Norwegian Army">Norwegian Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Armory_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Armory (military)">armory</a> at <a href="/wiki/Elveg%C3%A5rdsmoen" title="Elvegårdsmoen">Elvegårdsmoen</a>. The troops encountered little resistance, but off-loading them was slow because there was only a single wooden <a href="/wiki/Pier" title="Pier">pier</a> available. <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> was able to partially refuel during the following night, but returned to the Herjansfjord well before dawn.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UK-NWE-Norway-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/UK-NWE-Norway-2.jpg/400px-UK-NWE-Norway-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/UK-NWE-Norway-2.jpg/600px-UK-NWE-Norway-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/UK-NWE-Norway-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="526" /></a><figcaption>A map of the <a href="/wiki/Ofotfjord" title="Ofotfjord">Ofotfjord</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Shortly before dawn on 10 April, the five destroyers of the British <a href="/wiki/2nd_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="2nd Destroyer Flotilla">2nd Destroyer Flotilla</a> surprised the German ships in Narvik harbor. They torpedoed two destroyers and badly damaged the other three while suffering only minor damage themselves. As they were beginning to withdraw they encountered the three destroyers of the 4th Flotilla which had been alerted when the British began their attack. The Germans opened fire first, but the gunnery for both sides was not effective due to the mist and the smoke screen laid by the British as they retreated down the Ofotfjord. The German ships had to turn away to avoid a <a href="/wiki/Salvo" title="Salvo">salvo</a> of three torpedoes fired by one of the destroyers in Narvik. Commander Bey's other two ships were very low on fuel and all three were running low on ammunition, so he decided not to continue the pursuit of the British ships since they were being engaged by the last two destroyers of Group 1.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Commander Bey was ordered during the afternoon of 10 April to return to Germany with all seaworthy ships that evening. Only <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> and her sister <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z12_Erich_Giese" title="German destroyer Z12 Erich Giese"><i>Erich Giese</i></a> were ready for sea and they slipped out of the Ofotfjord and turned south. Visibility was good that evening and they spotted the <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Penelope_(97)" title="HMS Penelope (97)">HMS <i>Penelope</i></a> and her two escorting destroyers and Commander Bey decided to turn back even though his ships had not been spotted by the British. Three other destroyers refuelled and completed their repairs on 11 April, but Bey decided against another breakout attempt despite the fog and poor visibility that night. While at anchor, <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> briefly grounded during the night and damaged her port <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">propeller</a>, which limited her speed to 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). Bey made no attempt to breakout during the night of 12/13 April.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>That night he received word to expect an attack the following day by British <a href="/wiki/Capital_ship" title="Capital ship">capital ships</a> escorted by a large number of destroyers and supported by carrier aircraft. <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> was still under repair, although her torpedoes had been replenished from the damaged destroyers. The battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Warspite_(03)" title="HMS Warspite (03)">HMS <i>Warspite</i></a> and nine destroyers duly appeared on 13 April, although earlier than Commander Bey had expected, and caught the Germans out of position. The five operable destroyers, including <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i>, charged out of Narvik harbor and engaged the British ships. Although no hits were scored, they did inflict splinter damage on several of the destroyers. <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> was able to make a torpedo attack on <i>Warspite</i> before being driven off, but her torpedoes all missed. Lack of ammunition forced the German ships to retreat to the <a href="/wiki/Rombaksfjorden" class="mw-redirect" title="Rombaksfjorden">Rombaksfjorden</a> (the easternmost branch of the Ofotfjord), east of Narvik, where they might attempt to ambush pursuing British destroyers. <i>Wolfgang Zenker</i> had exhausted her ammunition and she was <a href="/wiki/Beach_(nautical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Beach (nautical)">beached</a> at the head of the <a href="/wiki/Fjord" title="Fjord">fjord</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her crew placed demolition charges and abandoned the ship.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time the British reached the ship she had rolled over onto her side.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_destroyer_Z9_Wolfgang_Zenker&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Koop and Schmolke, p. 26</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley, p. 68</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley, p. 299</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley, pp. 83–84</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley, p. 270</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley, p. 100</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley, pp. 100–12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rohwer, p. 13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley, p. 113</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rohwer, p. 15</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley, pp. 118–19</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haarr, pp. 323, 332, 335</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haarr, pp. 339–43</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haarr, pp. 354–56</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haarr, pp. 356–57, 362, 366</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley, p. 129</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haarr, p. 369</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_destroyer_Z9_Wolfgang_Zenker&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style 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href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z2_Georg_Thiele" title="German destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele"><i>Z2 Georg Thiele</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z3_Max_Schultz" title="German destroyer Z3 Max Schultz"><i>Z3 Max Schultz</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z4_Richard_Beitzen" title="German destroyer Z4 Richard Beitzen"><i>Z4 Richard Beitzen</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Type_1934A-class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 1934A-class destroyer">Type 1934A</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z5_Paul_Jacobi" title="German destroyer Z5 Paul Jacobi"><i>Z5 Paul Jacobi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z6_Theodor_Riedel" title="German destroyer Z6 Theodor Riedel"><i>Z6 Theodor Riedel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z7_Hermann_Schoemann" title="German destroyer Z7 Hermann Schoemann"><i>Z7 Hermann Schoemann</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z8_Bruno_Heinemann" title="German destroyer Z8 Bruno Heinemann"><i>Z8 Bruno Heinemann</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Z9 Wolfgang Zenker</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z10_Hans_Lody" title="German destroyer Z10 Hans Lody"><i>Z10 Hans Lody</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z11_Bernd_von_Arnim" title="German destroyer Z11 Bernd von Arnim"><i>Z11 Bernd von Arnim</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z12_Erich_Giese" title="German destroyer Z12 Erich Giese"><i>Z12 Erich Giese</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z13_Erich_Koellner" title="German destroyer Z13 Erich Koellner"><i>Z13 Erich Koellner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z14_Friedrich_Ihn" title="German destroyer Z14 Friedrich Ihn"><i>Z14 Friedrich Ihn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z15_Erich_Steinbrinck" title="German destroyer Z15 Erich Steinbrinck"><i>Z15 Erich Steinbrinck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z16_Friedrich_Eckoldt" title="German destroyer Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt"><i>Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Ensign_of_France.svg/23px-Ensign_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Ensign_of_France.svg/35px-Ensign_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Ensign_of_France.svg/46px-Ensign_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>(ex-<i>Z4 Richard Beitzen</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z10_Hans_Lody" title="German destroyer Z10 Hans Lody"><i>R38</i></a> (ex-<i>Z10 Hans Lody</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z15_Erich_Steinbrinck" title="German destroyer Z15 Erich Steinbrinck"><i>R92</i></a> (ex-<i>Z15 Erich Steinbrinck</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/w/index.php?title=H186-class_torpedo_boat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H186-class torpedo boat (page does not exist)"><i>H186</i> class</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=S178-class_torpedo_boat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S178-class torpedo boat (page does not exist)"><i>S178</i> class</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=V170-class_torpedo_boat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V170-class torpedo boat (page does not exist)"><i>V170</i> class</a> (planned) / <a href="/w/index.php?title=H145-class_torpedo_boat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H145-class torpedo boat (page does not exist)"><i>H145</i> class</a> (actual)</li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Type_1936-class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 1936-class destroyer">Type 1936</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyers_of_Germany" title="List of destroyers of Germany">List of destroyers of Germany</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_April_1940604" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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incidents in April 1940</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_April_1940" title="List of shipwrecks in April 1940">Shipwrecks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">6 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1_(1935)" title="German submarine U-1 (1935)"><i>U-1</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-50_(1939)" title="German submarine U-50 (1939)"><i>U-50</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Glowworm_(H92)" title="HMS Glowworm (H92)">HMS <i>Glowworm</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Rio_de_Janeiro_(1914)" title="SS Rio de Janeiro (1914)"><i>Rio de Janeiro</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_%C3%86ger_(1936)" title="HNoMS Æger (1936)">HNoMS <i>Æger</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher" title="German cruiser Blücher"><i>Blücher</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Eidsvold" title="HNoMS Eidsvold">HNoMS <i>Eidsvold</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Gurkha_(F20)" title="HMS Gurkha (F20)">HMS <i>Gurkha</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Karlsruhe" title="German cruiser Karlsruhe">German cruiser <i>Karlsruhe</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Norge" title="HNoMS Norge">HNoMS <i>Norge</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MS_Seattle" title="MS Seattle"><i>Seattle</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MS_S%C3%B8rland" title="MS Sørland"><i>Sørland</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Tor_(1939)" title="HNoMS Tor (1939)">HNoMS <i>Tor</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_torpedo_boat_Albatros" title="German torpedo boat Albatros"><i>Albatros</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z22_Anton_Schmitt" title="German destroyer Z22 Anton Schmitt"><i>Z22 Anton Schmitt</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Friedenau_(1920)" title="SS Friedenau (1920)"><i>Friedenau</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hardy_(H87)" title="HMS Hardy (H87)">HMS <i>Hardy</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hunter_(H35)" title="HMS Hunter (H35)">HMS <i>Hunter</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_K%C3%B6nigsberg" title="German cruiser Königsberg"><i>Königsberg</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tarpon_(N17)" title="HMS Tarpon (N17)">HMS <i>Tarpon</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thistle_(N24)" title="HMS Thistle (N24)">HMS <i>Thistle</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z21_Wilhelm_Heidkamp" title="German destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp"><i>Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_105_Cremon" title="German trawler V 105 Cremon"><i>V 105 Cremon</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Apr: <span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z11_Bernd_von_Arnim" title="German destroyer Z11 Bernd von Arnim"><i>Z11 Bernd von Arnim</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z17_Diether_von_Roeder" title="German destroyer Z17 Diether von Roeder"><i>Z17 Diether von Roeder</i></a>, <a 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href="/wiki/SS_B%C3%A4renfels_(1921)" title="SS Bärenfels (1921)"><i>Bärenfels</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_training_ship_Brummer" title="German training ship Brummer"><i>Brummer</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Oldenburg_(1936)" title="SS Oldenburg (1936)"><i>Oldenburg</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-49_(1939)" title="German submarine U-49 (1939)"><i>U-49</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_S%C3%A6l" title="HNoMS Sæl">HNoMS <i>Sæl</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sterlet_(2S)" title="HMS Sterlet (2S)">HMS <i>Sterlet</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Stegg_(1921)" title="HNoMS Stegg (1921)"><i>Stegg</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bradman" title="HMS Bradman">HMS <i>Bradman</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Trygg_(1919)" title="HNoMS Trygg (1919)"><i>Trygg</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Apr: <a 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