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Tsingtau

Schnellbootbegleitschiff 1934 - 1950  

   Ship Info   History   Operational History   Technical Data   1:1250 Model 
24.09.1934:   Tsingtau is commisioned.
-03.11.1934:   Trials.
03.11.1934:   Attached to the 1. Schnellboot Flottilla as tender for the S-boats.
- Feb 1940:   Used as S-boat tender.
13.02.1940:  Used as anit-aircraft artillery training ship.
Apr 1940:  

Used as cadett training ship.

July 1940:   Used as target ship for the 1. Torpedoboat flotilla.
21.08.1940:   Sent to Rotterdam, used as tender for the S-Boats stationed there.
October 1940:   Tender for the 4. Schnellboot Flotilla.
1941:   Tender for the 5. Schnellboot Flotilla.
15.02.1942:   Tender for the 6. Schnellboot Flotilla.
-24.06.1942:  

Tsingtau is used as tender 7. S-boat flottilla.

24.06.1942:   Tender for the 8. Schnellboot Flotilla.
July 1942:   Used under direct command of the "Commander of Fast Attack boats" (Führer der Schnellboote).
April 1943:   Attached to the 9. Schnellboot flotilla, operating in the Channel.
April 1944 - May 1945:   Used as tender for the 2. S-boat training flotilla.
May 1945:   After the end of the war, the Tsingtau is taken over by Britain.
1946 - 1947:   As part of th war.e 4. Minehunting Division of the GM/SA the ship is used to assist the mine hunting operations after the
Feb 1950:   Scrapped in Tyne, Britain.

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