German destroyer Z13 Erich Koellner

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.

Erich Koellner had an overall length of 119 meters and was 114 meters long at the waterline. The ship had a beam of 11.30 meters , and a maximum draft of 4.23 meters . She displaced 2,171 metric tons at standard and 3,190 metric tons at deep load. The Wagner geared steam turbines were designed to produce 70,000 metric horsepower which would propel the ship at 36 knots . Steam was provided to the turbines by six high-pressure Benson boilers with superheaters. Erich Koellner carried a maximum of 752 metric tons of fuel oil which was intended to give a range of 4,400 nautical miles at 19 knots , but the ship proved top-heavy in service and 30% of the fuel had to be retained as ballast low in the ship. The effective range proved to be only 1,530 nmi at 19 knots . The ship's crew consisted of 10 officers and 315 sailors.

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