D.K.M. Z5 Paul Jacobi
1942
(Neptun 1065aT)
- Class: Leberecht Maass - 16 destroyers of 1934-35
- Displacement: 2,200 tons
- Dimensions: 390 (oa) x 37 x 12.5 ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, 70,000 shp = 38 knots
- Armament: 5-5in (5x1), 4-37mm AA (2x2), 4-20mm (4x1) AA guns; 8-21.7in (2x4) TT; fitted for minelaying, 60 mines
- Complement: 325
- Builder: Deschimag, Bremen
- Laid Down: 15 Jul 1935
- Launched: 24 Mar 1936
- Commissioned: 29 Jun 1937
- Notes: Participated in German occupation of Trondheim, Norway, in Apr 1940. Escorted Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen from Brest to Germany during Operation Cerebus in Jan 1942. Helped evacuation of German forces from East Prussia in spring 1945. Badly damaged in air attack at Kiel Dec 1943. To U.K. 1946, then France where she became Desaix until discarded in 1954.
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