ZF4
| Captured French torpilleur de 1500t Cyclone, Bourrasque class |
Contruction Data
| Laid down: |
F. et Chant. de la Méditerranée, 1933 |
| Launched: |
24.01.1925 |
| Commissioned: |
1927 |
| Fate: |
scrapped after 1941 |
| Costs: |
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Technical Data
| Size: |
1800 t |
| Length: |
105,77 m |
| Beam: |
9,64 m |
| Draft: |
4,30 m |
| Armament: |
4 x 13 cm; 2 x 3,7 cm; 4 x MG ; 6 x 55 cm torpedoes |
| Performance: |
31000 shp, 33kn |
History
The French destroyer Cyclone
was captured in June 1940 while being under repairs in Brest. to avoid that the ship was falling into German hands, it was blown up by the retreating French troops, but despite the damages the Germans decided to repair the ship in October 1940. Renamed to ZF4
the repairs continued until August of 1941 when the project was canceled and the ship was scrapped.
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