 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 successful minelaying sorties off the English coast that claimed six merchant ships . During the early stages of the Norwegian Campaign , Erich Koellner fought in both naval Battles of Narvik in mid @-@ April 1940 and was severely damaged by British ships during the Second Battle of Narvik . The ship was scuttled by her crew shortly afterwards . 
