| 04.09.1939: |
Together with Erich Giese
and the mine layers Cobra
and Roland
, the Theodor Riedel
lays the anti submarine mine field "f" MARTHA-HANS in the North Sea. 666 Mines are laid during this operation, 100 from Theodor Riedel
. |
| 05-06.09.1939: |
Together with Erich Giese
and the mine layers Cobra
and Roland
, the Theodor Riedel
lays the mine field "a" MARTHA-IDA in the North Sea. 666 Mines are laid during this operation, 100 from Theodor Riedel.
|
| 13.09.1939: |
Together with Bernd von Arnim
, Friedrich Eckold
and the mine layers Cobra, Hansestadt Danzig, Kaiser,
and Roland
, the Theodor Riedel
lays the mine field "b" MARTHA-EINS in the North Sea. 960 Mines are laid during this operation, 240 from Theodor Riedel
. |
| 07-09.10.1939: |
Raid to intercept Britain - Scandinavia trade together with battleship Gneisenau
, CL Köln
and destroyers Wilhlem Heidkamp
, Erich Steinbrinck
, Diether von Roeder
, Max Schulz
, Paul Jakobi,
Bernd von Arnim
, Friedrich Ihn
and Friedrich Eckoldt
. No results.
|
| 09-10.02.1940: |
Together with the destroyers Wilhlem Heidkamp
and Hermann Schoemann
, the Theodor Riedel
supports mine laying operations of the destroyers Friedrich Eckold
, Richard Beitzen
, Max Schultz
, Bruno Heinemann
, Wilhlem Zenker
and Erich Koellner
. |
| 22-23.02.1940: |
Operation "Wikinger": Together with Richard Beitzen
, Erich Koellner
, Friedrich Eckold
, Max Schulz
and Leberecht Maaas
, the Theodor Riedel
operates against british fishing boats at the Doggerbank. On their way to the operations area, the destroyers are attacked by a German bomber, sinking the Lebercht Maas
. During the evasive manouvers, the destroyers run into British mines and the Max Schulz
is lost after a mine hit. |
| 07.04.1940: |
Operation Weserübung: Theodor Riedel
joins the destroyers Paul Jakobi, Friedrich Eckold
, and Bruno Heinemann
in the Trondheim Attack Group. |
| 09-11.09.1940: |
Together with Karl Galster
, Hans Lody
, Friedrich Eckold
and Friedirch Ihn
, Theodor Riedel
is sent to Cherbourg. |
| 19-20.09.1940: |
Transfer to Brest. |
| 28-29.09.1940: |
Mine laying operation at Falmouth Bay together with the destroyers Friedrich Eckold,
Hans Lody
, Karl Galster
, Paul Jakobi
, Friedrich Ihn
and Erich Steinbrinck
. |
| 05-07.11.1940: |
Paul Jakobi
, Theodor Riedel
, Friedrich Eckold
, Erich Steinbrinck
and Friedrich Ihn
are returned to Germany. |
| 09-12.08.1941: |
Escorted by the torpedo boats Kondor
and T2
, the Theodor Riedel
is transferred to Norway. The destroyer is damaged after running agound. |
| 06-08.12.1941: |
The destroyer is ordered back to Germany. |
| 11-14.06.1942: |
The destroyers Karl Galster
and Theodor Riedel
are sent to Norway. |
| 03-06.07.1942: |
Operation Rösselsprung:
In a major operation of the battleship Tirpitz
and the heavy cruisers Admiral Scheer
, Lützow
and Admiral Hipper
against the allied convoy PQ17, several destroyers and torpedo boats escort the capital ships: Friedrich Ihn
, Hans Lody
, Karl Galster
, Theodor Riedel
, Richard Beitzen
, Friedrich Eckoldt
, Erich Steinbrinck
, Z24
, Z27
, Z28
, Z29
, Z30
, T7
and T15
. The operation is cancelled, but the convoy is heaviely attacked by U-boats and the Luftwaffe.
Theodor Riedel
had to quit the operation early after running aground. |
| 25-29.06.1942: |
The damaged destroyer Theodor Riedl
and Hans Lody
are towed to Kiel for repairs. |
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To be continued... |
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