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Z31

Zerstörer 1942 - 1958  Zerstörer 1936A (Mob)  Class

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30-31.12.1942:   "Operation Regenbogen":  
Together with CA Admiral Hipper , Panzerschiff Lützow and five other destroyers, the Z31 attacks the British convoy JW 51B escorts east of Bear Island. The squadron disengaged after Admiral Hipper is damaged by British cruisers Jamaica and Sheffield and DD Friedrich Eckoldt is sunk.
March - April 1943:   Part of the battlegroup stationed in the Altafjord. The battlegroups consist of Tirpitz , Scharnhorst , Lützow , Z28 , Z31 , Paul Jakobi , Karl Galster , Erich Steinbrink , Theodor Riedel and the torpedo boats T20 and T21 .
06-07.09.1943:   Tirpitz , Scharnhorst and the destroyers Z29 , Z31 , Z33 , Z27 , Z30 , Erich Steinbrink, Karl Galster , Hans Lody and Theodor Riedel attack an allied base on Spitzbergen.
28.01.1945:   Heavily damaged during a battle with british cruisers in Norwegian waters. Repaired at Horten.
07.03.1945:   Together with the destroyers Paul Jakobi, Z38 and the torpedo boat T36 , the Z31 covers the shore bombardment of the Panzerschiff Admiral Scheer at Wollin.
21.03.1945:   Together with Z34 , the Z31 covers the shore bombardment of the Panzerschiff Lützow and CA Prinz Eugen near Danzig.

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  Thanks to:  John J Markowski  A. Kyd-Rebenberg