German destroyer Z11 Bernd von Arnim

	Sister ship Z5 Paul Jacobi, c. 1938
History
Nazi Germany
Name	Z11 Bernd von Arnim
Namesake	Bernd von Arnim
Ordered	9 January 1935
Builder	Germania, Kiel
Yard number	G537
Laid down	26 April 1935
Launched	8 July 1936
Completed	6 December 1938
Fate	Scuttled, 13 April 1940
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Type 1934A-class destroyer
Displacement	2,171 long tons (2,206 t) (standard); 3,190 long tons (3,240 t) (deep load);
Length	119 m (390 ft 5 in) o/a; 114 m (374 ft 0 in) w/l;
Beam	11.30 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draft	4.23 m (13 ft 11 in)
Installed power	6 × water-tube boilers; 70,000 PS (51,000 kW; 69,000 shp);
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	1,530 nmi (2,830 km; 1,760 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	325
Armament	5 × single 12.8 cm (5 in) guns; 2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns; 6 × single 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns; 2 × quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 60 × mines; 4 × depth charge throwers and 6 × individual racks for 32–64 depth charges;

Z11 Bernd von Arnim was a Type 1934A-class destroyer built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in the late 1930s. At the beginning of World War II, the ship was initially deployed to blockade the Polish coast, but she was quickly transferred to the German Bight to lay minefields in German waters. In late 1939 the ship made one successful minelaying sortie off the English coast that claimed one British warship and seven merchant ships. During the early stages of the Norwegian Campaign, Bernd von Arnim fought the British destroyer Glowworm while transporting troops to the Narvik area in early April 1940, but neither ship was damaged during the action. The ship fought in both naval Battles of Narvik several days later and had to be scuttled after she exhausted her ammunition.

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