TA9

Like many other torpedoboats, those six ships were first given to Italy and taken over by the Kriegsmarine in April 1943, transferred from La Spezia to Toulon. It soon became clear, that the ships were in a very bad condition, ammunition, personnel shortages and their lack of offensive capabilities made it impossible to use them as torpedo boats. Therefore all ships were used as escort vessels and operated in the 3. and 4. escort division. TA9 (former SG48, F.R.41 (ital.), Bombarde (fr)) was operating in the Tyrhian Sea until September 1943, then decommissioned in Toulon where it was sunk on 23.08.1944 during an air attack.