| 04.06.1940: |
Participation in "Operation Juno". Together with the destroyers Hans Lody
, Hermann Schoemann, Erich Steinbrinck
and Karl Galster
and the torpedo boat Jaguar
, the Falke
escorts the battleships Scharnhorst
, Gneisenau
and the cruiser Admiral Hipper
. |
| 06.06.1940: |
Together with the torpedo boat Jaguar
, the Falke
escorts the auxiliary cruiser Thor
in the North Sea. |
| 18-19.06.1940: |
Together with the torpedo boat Jaguar
, the Falke
escorts the auxiliary cruiser Pinguin
in the North Sea. |
| 07-08.08.1940: |
Together with the torpedo boats Kondor, Jaguar, T2, T7 and T8
, the Falke
escorts the mine layers Cobra
, Roland
and Brumer
while laying the mine field SW1. The mine layers carry over 600 mines. |
| 14-15.08.1940: |
Together with the destroyers Paul Jakobi
and Karl Galster
and the torpedo boats Iltis
, Jaguar
, Kondor
, T5
and T7
, the Falke
escorts the mine layers Corba
, Roland
and Tanneberg
while laying the mine field SW2. The mine layers carry 600 mines. |
| 31.08.-02.09.1940: |
Mine laying operation SW3. Together with the destroyers Paul Jakobi, Karl Galster
and Erich Steinbrinck
and the torpedo boats Greif
, Iltis
, Jaguar
, T5
, T6
, T7
and T8
the Falke
escorts the mine layers Corba
, Roland
and Tannenberg
. The mine layers carry about 600 mines. |
| 06-07.09.1940: |
The destroyer Karl Galster
and the torpedo boats Falke
, Greif
, Ilits
, Jaguar
, Kondor
, T1
, T2
and T3
excecute a mine laying operation in the south western North Sea. |
| 07-08.09.1940: |
Mine laying operation SW0: The destroyer Karl Galster
and the torpedo boat Kondor
cover the mine laying operation of the mine layers Kaiser
, Togo
and the torpedo boats Greif
, Falke
and Iltis
. The mine layers carry 405 mines while the torpedo boats about 1000 explosive buoys. |
| 30.09.-01.10.1940: |
Mine laying operation at Dover together with the torpedo boats Greif
, Kondor
and Seeadler
. |
| 08-09.10.1940: |
Operation of the 5. Torpedo boat flotilla against the Isle of Wright. |
| 11-12.10.1940: |
Operation of the 5. Torpedo boat flotilla against the Isle of Wright. The French submarine hunters Ch6
and Ch7
and the British armed trawlers Listrac
and Warwick Deeping
are sunk. |
| 17-18.10.1940: |
Operation against the Bristol Channel together with the destroyers Friedrich Ihn
, Erick Steinbrinck
, Hans Lody
, Karl Galster
and the torpedo boats Greif
, Jaguar
, Kondor
, Seeadler
and Wolf
. Short engangement with British cruisers and destroyers. |
| 03-04.12.1940: |
Mine laying operation of Greif, Falke, Kondor
and Seeadler
near Dover. |
| 21-22.12.1940: |
The torpedo boats Falke
, Greif
and Seeadler
cover the mine laying operation for the mine field "SW a WAGNER" in the North Sea.. The mine layers Corba
, Roland
, Kaiser
and Skagerak
carry a total of 982 mines, the torpedo boats Iltis
and Jaguar
400 explosive buoys.
|
| 28-29.12.1940: |
The torpedo boats Falke
, Greif
, Seeadler
, T1
, T7
, T9
, T10
and T12
escort the battleships Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau
during their attempt to break into the North Atlantic. The operation is aborted. |
| 25.01.1941: |
Falke
, T5
, T9
and T10
escort the battleships Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau
on their way into the Atlantic. |
| 03-04.02.1941: |
Mine laying operation "22 Rügen" of the mine layers Brummer
, Königin
Luise
and Tannenberg
. The mine layers are escorted by the torpedo boats Falke
, T5
, T9, T10
and T12
.
|
| 16.06.1941: |
The torpedo boats Greif
, Falke
, Jaguar
and Seeadler
are sent to Denmark. |
| 07.07.1941: |
Greif
, Falke
, Jaguar
and Seeadler
escort the light cruiser Nürnberg
to Horten. On their way back, they escort the light cruisers Emden
and Leipzig
to Frederikshavn. |
| 12-13.02.1942: |
Operation "Cerberus": On board of Z29
, the "Füher der Zerstöer" and the destroyers Richard Beitzen
, Paul Jakobi
, Hermann Schoemann
, Friedrich Ihn,
Z25
and the torpedo boats T2
, T4
, T4
, T11
, T12
, T13
, T15
, T16
, T17
Seeadler
, Kondor
, Jaguar
, Falke
and iescort the battleships Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau
and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
through the Channel from Brest ot Germany. |
| 13-17.03.1942: |
Falke
, Iltis
, Jaguar
, Kondor
, Seeadler
and several mine hunters escort the voyage of the auxiliary cruiser Michel
thourh the Channel to La Pallice. The ships are attacked by the British destroyers Windsor
and Walpole
, the escort vessel Ferne
and several MTB/MGB. |
| 28.03.1942: |
Operation of the torpedo boats Falke
, Iltis
, Jaguar
, Kondor
and Seeadler
against British small attack boats. Two of them (MGB 314
and MTB 74
) are sunk or captured. |
| 08-12.05.1942: |
The 5th T-flotilla consisting of Falke
, Iltis
, Kondor
and Seeadler
sail from Brest to the Hoek van Holland to escort the auxiliary cruiser Stier
. |
| 12-13.05.1942: |
On its way through the channel, the auxiliay cruiser Stier
, covered by Falke
, Iltis
, Kondor
and Seeadler
, the ships are attacked by British forces. Near Cape Griz Niez, Seeadler
sinks the British MTB 200. After Iltis
and Seeadler
got sunk by other MTB on the 13th, the convoy departs to Bologne. Escroted by the remaining torpedo boats, the Stier
continues to La Palice and Royan. |
| 05.11.1942: |
The torpedo boats Falke
, T13
and T19
escort the blockade runner Templin
through the Biscay. During the operation, the ships are attacked by allied aircraft. |
| 09-11.11.1942: |
Falke
, T13
, T19
and T22
escort the blockade runner Elm
into the Biscay. |
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To be continued... |
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