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The German destroyer ''Z6 Theodor Riedel'' was a built for the ''Kriegsmarine'' during the mid-1930s. At the beginning of World War II in September 1939, the ship laid defensive minefields to the North Sea. She covered her sister ships over the next few months as they laid offensive minefields in English waters in late 1939–early 1940. She participated in the early stages of the Norwegian Campaign by transporting troops to the Trondheim area in early April 1940. and was transferred to France later that year where the ship covered another minelaying sortie before engine problems caused her to return to Germany in November for repairs. ''Theodor Riedel'' was badly damaged when she ran aground three days after her repairs were completed and was out of action until May 1942. The ship was transferred to Norway in 1942 and ran aground yet again as she prepared to attack one of the convoys to Russia in July. Repairs were completed in December and ''Theodor Riedel'' participated in the Battle of the Barents Sea at the end of the year and in the German attack on Spitzbergen in mid-1943. After another lengthy refit, the ship began escorting ships between Denmark and Norway in mid-1944 and continued to do so until May 1945 when she made several trips to rescue refugees from East Prussia before the end of the war on 8 May. ''Theodor Riedel'' spent the rest of the year under British control as the Allies decided how to dispose of the captured German ships and was ultimately allotted to France in early 1946 and renamed ''Kléber''. She became operational later that year, but she was reconstructed and modernized in Cherbourg in 1948–51. After its completion, the ship was assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron for several years. ''Kléber'' was placed in reserve in late 1953, but was not condemned until 1957 and scrapped the next year. ==Design and description== ''Z6 Theodor Riedel'' had an overall length of and was long at the waterline. At some point before September 1939, her stem was lengthened, which increased her overall length to . The ship had a beam of , and a maximum draft of . She displaced at standard load and at deep load. The two Wagner geared steam turbine sets, each driving one propeller shaft, were designed to produce using steam provided by six high-pressure Wagner boilers. The ship had a designed speed of 〔Gröner, p. 199〕 and she reached a maximum speed of 36.4 knots from during her sea trials.〔Koop & Schmolke, pp. 84–85〕 ''Theodor Riedel'' carried a maximum of of fuel oil which was intended to give a range of at a speed of , but the ship proved top-heavy in service and 30% of the fuel had to be retained as ballast low in the ship.〔Whitley, p. 18〕 The effective range proved to be only at 19 knots.〔Koop & Schmolke, p. 26〕 The crew numbered 10 officers and 315 enlisted men, plus an additional four officers and 19 enlisted men if serving as a flotilla flagship.〔 The ship carried five in single mounts with gun shields, two each superimposed, fore and aft. The fifth gun was carried on top of the aft superstructure. Her anti-aircraft armament consisted of four guns in two twin mounts abreast the rear funnel and six guns in single mounts. ''Paul Jacobi'' carried eight above-water torpedo tubes in two power-operated mounts.〔 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.〔Whitley, p. 215〕 Mine rails could be fitted on the rear deck that had a maximum capacity of 60 mines.〔 A system of passive hydrophones designated as 'GHG' (''Gruppenhorchgerät'') was fitted to detect submarines and an active sonar system was installed by August 1940.〔Whitley, pp. 71–72〕 During the war, the ship's light anti-aircraft armament was augmented several times. Improved 2 cm C/38 guns replaced the original C/30 guns and three additional guns were added sometime in 1941. The two guns on the aft shelter deck were replaced by a single 2 cm quadruple ''Flakvierling'' mount, probably sometime during 1942. It is not certain if the improved 3.7 cm SK M/42 gun replaced her original 3.7 cm guns, but ''Theodor Riedel'' had one quadruple, two twin and six single mounts for 2 cm guns by the end of the war.〔Whitley, pp. 73, 75〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「German destroyer Z6 Theodor Riedel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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