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
Her sister ship Z5 Paul Jakobi c. 1938
HMS Warspite (03)
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HMS Warspite was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Completed during the First World War in 1915, she was assigned to the Grand Fleet and pa
German destroyer Z13 Erich Koellner
…expect an attack the following day by British capital ships escorted by a large number of destroyers and supported by carrier aircraft. The battleship HMS Warspite and nine destroyers duly appeared on 13 April, although earlier than Commander Bey had expected, and caught the Germans by surprise. Koellner had not…
Warspite under way in the Indian Ocean, 16 July 1942
Warspite and Malaya at Jutland
Diagram of the Queen Elizabeth class published by Brassey's Naval Annual in 1923
Captain Victor Crutchley VC, pictured as a Rear Admiral