Profile drawing of Tiger
92,60 mOverall length
1320 tMaximum displacement
35,2 knMaximum speed
119-129Complement

Design and service

The story of Tiger

Tiger served with the 6th Torpedoboot Flotilla but was lost before the outbreak of the war. She collided with the destroyer Max Schulz near Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and sank on 25 August 1939.

At a glance

Technical profile

Dimensions, armament, protection and performance.

Dimensions

Size (Max)
1320 t
Length (Total)
92,60 m
Length (Waterline)
89,00 m
Beam
8,60 m
Draft
2,83 m
Crew
119-129

Armament

10,5 cm L/45 C/32
3
2 cm Flak L/65 C/39
2
53,3 cm Torpedo Tubes
6 (since 1931)
50 cm Torpedo Tubes
6 (unitl 1931)
Mines
30

Machinery

Shafts
2
Turbines
2
Type
Brown, Boveri & Cie Geared Tubrines

Performance

Total Performance
25500 shp
Speed
35,2 kn
Range
2000 sm at 17 kn

The archive

Photographs

Original postcard and photographic material from the private collection.

Tiger (unknown postcard)
Tiger (unknown postcard)
Luchs, Wolf, Tiger and Seeadler in Wilhelmshaven Collection O. van Hoften
Luchs, Wolf, Tiger and Seeadler in Wilhelmshaven Collection O. van Hoften

Construction record

Tiger

Laid down
Marinewerft Wilhelmshaven, 02.04.1927
Launched
15.03.1928
Commissioned
15.01.1929
Fate
sunk on 25.08.1939