| German destroyer Z5 Paul Jakobi | |
|---|---|
 Z5 Paul Jakobi c. 1938 | |
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
| Name: | Z5 Paul Jakobi |
| Namesake: | Paul Jakobi |
| Ordered: | 9 January 1935 |
| Builder: | DeSchiMAG, Bremen |
| Yard number: | W899 |
| Laid down: | 15 July 1935 |
| Launched: | 24 March 1936 |
| Completed: | 29 June 1937 |
| Captured: | May 1945 |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Desaix, 4 February 1946 |
| Namesake: | Louis Desaix |
| Acquired: | January 1946 |
| Out of service: | January 1949 |
| Renamed: | Q02, 17 February 1954 |
| Struck: | 17 February 1954 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, June 1954 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class & type: | Type 1934A-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,171 metric tons (2,137 long tons) |
| Length: |
119 m (390 ft 5 in) o/a 114 m (374 ft 0 in) w/l |
| Beam: | 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 4.23 m (13 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power: | 70,000 shp (52,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shafts, 2 × Wagner geared steam turbines 6 × water-tube boilers |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range: | 1,825 nmi (3,380 km; 2,100 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement: | 325 |
| Armament: |
5 × 1 - 12.7 cm (5 in) guns 2 × 2 - 3.7 cm (1.5 in) guns 6 × 1 - 2 cm (0.79 in) guns 2 × 4 - 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 60 mines 32–64 depth charges, 4 throwers and 6 individual racks |
Z5 Paul Jakobi was a Type 1934A-class destroyer built for the German Navy (German language: Kriegsmarine) in the mid-1930s.
Design and description[]
Paul Jacobi had an overall length of 119 meters (390 ft 5 in) and was 114 meters (374 ft 0 in) long at the waterline. The ship had a beam of 11.3 meters (37 ft 1 in), and a maximum draft of 4.23 meters (13 ft 11 in). She displaced 2,171 metric tons (2,137 long tons) at standard and 3,110 metric tons (3,060 long tons) at deep load. The Wagner geared steam turbines were designed to produce 70,000 shaft horsepower (52,199 kW) which would propel the ship at 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Steam was provided to the turbines by six high-pressure Wagner boilers[1] with superheaters. Paul Jacobi carried a maximum of 752 metric tons (740 long tons) of fuel oil which was intended to give a range of 4,400 nmi (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 ballast low in the ship.[2] The effective range proved to be only 1,825 nmi (3,380 km; 2,100 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph).[1]
Paul Jacobi carried five 12.7 cm SK C/34 guns in single mounts with gun shields, two each superimposed, fore and aft. The fifth gun was carried on top of the rear deckhouse. Her anti-aircraft armament consisted of four 3.7 cm SK C/30 guns in two twin mounts abreast the rear funnel and six 2 cm C/30 guns in single mounts. The ship carried eight above-water 53.3-centimeter (21.0 in) torpedo tubes in two power-operated mounts.[1][3] Four depth charge 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.[4] Mine rails were fitted on the rear deck that had a maximum capacity of 60 mines.[1]
Career[]
The ship was ordered on 9 January 1935 and she was laid down at DeSchiMAG, Bremen on 15 July 1935 as yard number W899. Paul Jakobi was launched on 24 March 1936 and completed on 29 June 1937.[5]
Notes[]
References[]
- Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Volume 1: Major Surface Warships. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-790-9.
- Haarr, Geirr H. (2009). The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-310-9.
- Koop, Gerhard; Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (2003). German Destroyers of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-307-1.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Whitley, M. J. (1983). Destroyer! German Destroyers in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-143-9.
- Whitley, M. J. (1991). German Destroyers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-302-8.
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