german destroyer paul type class destroyer built kriegsmarine mid-1930s ship refitted world war began september tasked inspect neutral shipping goods early participated early stages transporting troops trondheim area early april transferred france later year attacks british shipping spent repair returned france early successfully escort german battleships heavy cruiser home channel dash following month ship helped escort german battleship northern norway returned begin lengthy refit spent inactive arctic returning germany september refit badly damaged allied air attacks kiel operational late spent rest war escorting ships germans evacuated bombarding soviet forces ship captured allies spent rest year british control allies decided dispose captured german ships ultimately allotted france early renamed operational later year service french_navy fairly brief cruises french colonies africa note paid late placed reserve early ship source spare parts german ships french service condemned sold scrap design description overall length meters meters long waterline point september stem lengthened increased overall length meters ship beam meters maximum draft meters displaced long tons standard load long tons deep load wagner geared steam turbine sets driving propeller shaft designed produce metric horsepower shp steam provided high pressure wagner boilers ship designed speed knots mph maximum speed knots mph carried maximum metric tons long tons fuel oil intended range nautical miles speed knots mph ship proved heavy service fuel retained ballast low ship effective range proved nmi knots crew numbered officers enlisted men plus additional officers enlisted men serving flotilla flagship ship carried centimeter guns single mounts gun shields superimposed fore aft fifth gun carried aft superstructure anti aircraft armament consisted centimeter guns twin mounts abreast rear funnel centimeter guns single mounts carried water centimeter torpedo tubes power operated mounts pair torpedoes provided mount depth charge throwers mounted sides rear supplemented racks individual depth charges sides stern depth charges carried patterns charges rails fitted rear deck maximum capacity mines system passive designated fitted detect submarines active system probably installed end uncertain actually war ship light anti aircraft armament augmented times improved guns replaced original guns additional guns added guns aft shelter deck replaced single quadruple mount probably refit destroyers receive barbara anti aircraft refit existing guns replaced improved models greater numbers fifth gun removed compensate weight additional weapons retained mount end war rest anti aircraft armament consisted twin single mounts twin single mounts forecastle sides bridge construction career named ordered january laid bremen july yard number launched march completed june ship participated late naval maneuvers sister ship sailed norway april test new centimeter gun planned later classes destroyers fitted new weapons removed gunnery trials completed participated august 2nd following fleet exercise division accompanied heavy cruiser admiral voyage mediterranean october visited returning home destroyer lengthy refit wilhelmshaven february september finished working october tasked inspect neutral shipping goods february visits shipyard ship allocated norwegian portion group task transport regiment seize trondheim heavy cruiser admiral hipper ships began loading troops april set sail day sisters carried company mountain troops tasked seize forts defending entrance route weather bad rolled far port water flooded port boiler temporarily shutting port engine washing men overboard passing surprised forts ships able land troops capture forts little difficulty destroyers suffered storm damage route low fuel oil arrived admiral hipper ordered home april fuel transferred allow escort cruiser home remained trondheim early engine troubles aft torpedo tubes removed pair small boats improve local defenses ship fitted radar set bridge arrived wilhelmshaven spent month repair returned trondheim june helped screen crippled battleship returned kiel july ship laid minefield north_sea transferred france mid september based brest ship helped lay minefield night september ships totalling grt sunk minefield arrived wilhelmshaven begin lengthy refit lasted october departing denmark norway damaged port propeller return kiel repairs took november loading mines boiler breakdown return germany docked wilhelmshaven december slightly damaged bomb splinters killed crewmen escorted battleship days mid january battleship sailed baltic trondheim rest 5th destroyer flotilla sailed kiel january france preparations evening january struck mines laid hms belgian coast sank rescued survivors proceeded ashore reaching brest 26th german ships departed brest february totally surprising british helped repel attack british destroyers evaded series aerial attacks damage shortly ship joined destroyers escorting heavy cruiser admiral trondheim heavy weather forced destroyers return port reaching trondheim badly damaged british submarine separation march battleship escorted destroyers sortied attack returning convoy russia bound ship ordered port evening months later operation magic flute destroyer torpedo boats escorted badly damaged heavy cruiser trondheim kiel days arrival destroyer began lengthy refit lasted december january destroyers escorted attempted return norway ships spotted route days later aircraft royal_air_force attempt abandoned element surprise lost following month way independently norway screened battleships closer allied convoy routes russia mid march weeks later ship sister destroyer sailed island march rendezvous blockade runner searched days increasingly heavy weather forced return port storm damage unbeknownst germans intercepted sunk british cruiser march escorted kiel september began lengthy refit september ship badly damaged air raid kiel december bomb struck forecastle started severe fire landed inside dry dock splinters sinking ship refloated april refit completed november ship fitted new bow section new radars new shaped foremast allow radar antenna rotate damaged bomb splinters air raid july towed completed declared operational november escorted hospital ship general destroyer new guns installed december conducting torpedo training swedish island january torpedoes hit inflicting minor damage action 19th escorting ships eastern baltic_sea missions ship accidentally rammed stern freighter repairs took february complete kriegsmarine took advantage opportunity add guns bombarded soviet forces march alternated bombardment escort tasks rest war germans evacuated face advancing soviet armies crew prevent ship screening refugee convoys men convicted court martial sentenced death rear admiral decommissioned days later sailed wilhelmshaven british control fate determined france initially denied captured ships eventually received destroyers arrived january turned french february day general ship assigned 1st conducted trials september march june formed escort battleship president france visited west north_africa visited north_africa later year took spring naval maneuvers naval review brest ship present commemoration centenary death visited returning november decommissioned end year reduced reserve january source spare parts condemned february hulk redesignated sold scrap june towed demolition
German destroyer Z5 Paul Jacobi