Z6 Theodor Riedel

Survived

Type	Destroyer
Class	Type 1934A
Later service	Kléber (French Navy)
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 5″ guns

Served off Norway and in the Arctic. Given to France after the war as Kléber.

Lot-2275-84: German Warships, WWII. German destroyer Theodor Riedel, Maasz class, starboard view, 1939. Halftone image from Division of Naval Intelligence, Identification and Characteristics Section, June 1943. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/05/06). Photo: National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × single 12.7 cm (5 in) guns
2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns
6 × single 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns
2 × quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
60 mines
32–64 depth charges, 4 throwers and 6 individual racks

Builder	DeSchiMAG, Bremen
Laid down	18 July 1935
Launched	22 April 1936
Displacement	2,171 long tons (2,206 t) (standard) 3,110 long tons (3,160 t) (deep load)
Length	119 m (390 ft 5 in) o/a 114 m (374 ft 0 in) w/l
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement	325

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

22 April 1936

Operation Wikinger

Survived

22 February 1940

Landing at Trondheim

Survived

9 April 1940

Battle of the Barents Sea

Survived

31 December 1942

Raid on Spitsbergen

Survived

8 September 1943

Fate

Survived

Scrapped, 1958