In Service: 29 June 1937 to 1958
Ordered:
Builder: Deschimag,
Bremen
Construction No: 899
Laid down: 15 July 1935
Launched: 24 March 1936
Commissioned: 29 June 1937
Type: Destroyer / Zerstörer
Class: Zerstörer 1934A
Displacement: 2,171 tons standard 3,110 tons full load
Length: 120 m
Beam: 11.3 m
Draft: 4.28 m
Propulsion: 2 × shafts 2 × Wagner geared
turbines
Power: 70,000 shp
Propellers:
Speed: 38.7 knots
Range: 1,825 nautical miles at 19 knots
Crew: 325 men and officers
Armament:
5 × 12.7 cm L/45 SK C/34
carried 600 rounds
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried 8000 rounds
6 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 12000 rounds
8 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 after mid 1942
carried 16000 rounds
8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
8 torpedo's carried
4 × depth charge launchers
60 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Variants:
Other: Destroyers
Articles:
Downloads:
Film Clips: Kriegsmarine
Film Footage
29 June 1937
The destroyer Paul Jakobi is commissioned.
8 October 1939
The destroyer Paul Jakobi patrol the Atlantic along with the
battleship Gneisenau, and light cruiser Köln and destroyers
Friedrich Eckoldt, Friedrich Ihn, Diether von Roeder, Theodor
Riedel, Max Schulz, Bernd von Arnim, Erich Steinbrinck and
Wilhlem Heidkamp.
14 to 17 January 1942
The destroyer Paul Jakobi escorts battleship Tirpitz to the
Trondheimfjord. Along with Richard Beitzen, Bruno Heinemann
and Z29.
18 to 20 January 1942
The destroyer Paul Jakobi returns to Germany along with Bruno
Heinemann, Richard Beitzen and Z29.
24 to 26 January 1942
The destroyer Paul Jakobi is transferred to Le Havre along
with Herman Schoemann, Richard Beitzen and Bruno Heinemann.
During the journey Bruno Heinemann is struck by two mines
and is lost.
27 to 28 January 1942
The destroyer Paul Jacobi is transferred to Brest along with
Richard Beitzen.
15 January 1946
The destroyer Paul Jacobi is seized as a prize of war by the
British.
1946
The destroyer Paul Jacobi is handed over to France as a prize
of war.
1946
The destroyer Paul Jacobi is renamed Desaix.
1954
The destroyer Desaix is renamed Q 02.
1958
The destroyer Q 02 is broken up, and scrapped.
Rudolf
Peters
Takes command on June 1937
Ends command on November 1938
Zimmer
Takes command on November 1938
Ends command on February 1941
Hermann
Schlieper
Takes command on April 1941
Ends command on July 1944
Bülter
Takes command on July 1944
Ends command on May 1945
German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
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