German destroyer Z31

Z31 underway while under French control
History
Nazi Germany
Name	Z31
Ordered	19 September 1939
Builder	AG Weser (Deschimag), Bremen
Laid down	1 September 1940
Launched	15 May 1941
Commissioned	11 April 1942
Fate	War reparation to France
France
Name	Marceau
Acquired	2 February 1946
Commissioned	1 April 1946
Stricken	2 January 1958
Fate	Scrapped early 1960s
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Type 1936A (Mob) destroyer
Displacement	2,603 long tons (2,645 t) (standard) 3,597 long tons (3,655 t) (deep load)
Length	127 m (416 ft 8 in) (o/a)
Beam	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draft	4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Installed power	6 × water-tube boilers 70,000 PS (51,000 kW; 69,000 shp)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbine sets
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	2,950 nmi (5,460 km; 3,390 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	332
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.