German destroyer Z13 Erich Koellner

	Her sister ship Z5 Paul Jakobi c. 1938
History
Nazi Germany
Name	Erich Koellner
Namesake	Erich Koellner
Ordered	10 November 1934
Builder	Germania, Kiel
Yard number	G539
Laid down	12 October 1935
Launched	18 March 1937
Completed	28 August 1939
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	70,000 PS (51,000 kW; 69,000 shp); 6 × water-tube boilers;
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 12.7 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; 32–64 depth charges, 4 throwers and 6 individual racks;

Z13 Erich Koellner 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 still working up. In early 1940 she made two successful minelaying sorties off the English coast that claimed six merchant ships. During the early stages of the Norwegian Campaign, Erich Koellner fought in both naval Battles of Narvik in mid-April 1940 and was severely damaged by British ships during the Second Battle of Narvik. The ship was scuttled by her crew shortly afterwards.

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