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German destroyer Z31Nazi Germany
NameZ31
Ordered19 September 1939
BuilderAG Weser (Deschimag), Bremen
Laid down1 September 1940
Launched15 May 1941
Commissioned11 April 1942
FateWar reparation to France
German destroyer Z31France
NameMarceau
Acquired2 February 1946
Commissioned1 April 1946
Stricken2 January 1958
FateScrapped early 1960s
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeType 1936A (Mob) destroyer
Displacement
  • 2,603 long tons (2,645 t) (standard)
  • 3,597 long tons (3,655 t) (deep load)
Length127 m (416 ft 8 in) (o/a)
Beam12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draft4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Installed power
  • 6 × water-tube boilers
  • 70,000 PS (51,000 kW; 69,000 shp)
Propulsion2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbine sets
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range2,950 nmi (5,460 km; 3,390 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement332
Armament
  • 4 × single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
  • 2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns
  • 9 × 2 cm (0.8 in) (1 × 4 and 5 × 1) AA guns
  • 2 × quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 60 mines

Z31 was a German Type 1936A (Mob) destroyer, which was completed in 1942 and served with the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. She was constructed in Germany as part of Plan Z, and commissioned 11 April 1942. She spent much of the war in Arctic and Norwegian waters, taking part in the Battle of the Barents Sea on 31 December 1942. She survived the war, and was passed on to the French Navy as a war prize, serving under the name Marceau until 1958.

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