| 30.11-01.12.1940: |
On its way into the Atlantic, the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
is escorted by the torpedo boats T1
, T4
, T5
, T8
, T9
and T12
. |
| 05-06.12.1940: |
The torpedo boats T1
, T5
, T8
and T12
escort the light cruiers Köln
and Nürnberg
during a mine laying operation in the North Sea. |
| 07-08.12.1940: |
The auxiliary cruiser Kormoran
is escorted by T1
, T5
and T12
into the North Sea. |
| 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. |
| 18-19.01.1941: |
Another attempt to lay the mine field "20 Pommern": T1
, T5
, T10
and T12
escort several mine layers, again the operation has to be aborted because of the weather. |
| 26-30.01.1941: |
Mine laying operation "21 Oder" of the mine layers Brummer
, Hansestadt Danzig
, Königin
Luise
and Tannenberg
. The mine layers carry about 1400 mines. The mine layers are escorted by the torpedo boats T5
, T9
and T12
.
|
| 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
.
|
| 15.08.1941: |
T2
, T4
, T5
, T7,
T8
, T11
and T12
are attached to newly formed 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla. |
| 22-24.11.1941: |
T4
, T7
and T12
are sent to Cherbourg. |
| 26-30.11.1941: |
T4
, T7
and T12
escort the Auxiliary Cruiser Komet
to Germany. During a British MTB attack, two boats are set on fire by T7
and T12
. |
| 04-16.12.1941: |
T2
, T4
, T7
, T12
and T14
escort the auxiliary cruiser Thor
from Wilhelmshaven to Brest. |
| 10-12.01.1942: |
T5
, T11
and T12
transfer to St. Nazaire via the British Channel. |
| 25-26.01.1942: |
T2
, T4
, T5
, T11
and T12
are transferred from St. Nazaire to Brest. |
| 27.01.1942: |
While doing trials in the Biscay, the battleship Scharnhorst
is escorted by T2
, T4
, T5,
T11
and T12
. |
| 03.02.1942: |
Torpedoboats T2
, T5
, T11
and T12
escort the battleship Scharnhorst
during trials in the Biscay. |
| 04.02.1942: |
T2
, T5
, T11
and T12
escort the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
during engine tests und gunnery drills in the Biscay. |
| 05-07.02.1942: |
The afterward torpedo tubes are replacd with a quadruple 2 cm anit-aircraft guns. |
| 08.02.1942: |
Torpedo boats T2
, T4
, T5
, T11
and T12
are relocated to Le Havre. |
| 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. |
| 15-20.02.1942: |
T4
, T5
and T12
are sent to the Trondheimfjord. |
| 23.02.1942: |
Escort of heavy cruiers Prinz Eugen
by Z25
and Hermann Schoemann
. After Prinz Eugen
is hit by a torpedo of the British submarine Trident
, return to Bergen. Additional escrot is given by T5
and T12
. |
| 06.03.1942: |
Paul Jakobi
and T12
join the Arctic Sea operation of battleship Tirpitz
with additional escorts Friedrich Ihn
, Hermann Schoemann
, Z25
, T5
. |
| 12-13.03.1942: |
Friedrich Ihn
, Hermann Schoemann
, Z25
, T5
and T12
escort the battleship Tirpitz
during its transfer from the Bogenbucht to Trondheim. |
| 16-18.05.1942: |
Paul Jakobi
, Z25
, T11
and T12
escort the damaged cruiser Prinz Eugen
back to Germany. |
| 18-20.05.1942: |
Richard Beitzen
, Hans Lody
, Z27, Z29 and T12
escort the cruiser Lützow
from Kristiansand to Trondheim. |
| 09-11.08.1942: |
T7,
T9
, T10
, T12
and T15
escort the heavy cruiser Lützow
on its way back to Germany. |
| 15-17.08.1942: |
Z23
, T9
and T12
escort the mine layer Ulm
on its way to Narvik. |
| 01-02.10.1942: |
The heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
is escorded by Z23
, Z28
, T9
and T12
on its way from the Altafjord to the Bogenbucht. |
| 26-30.10.1942: |
The torpedo boats T9
, T12
, T17
and T18
are sent from Germany to Brest. |
| 31.10-01.11.1942: |
T4
, T12
, T13
, T21
and T22
are sent to the Biskay to meet the blockade runner Wismar
. The search is abandoned as the ship cannot be found. |
| 04-05.11.1942: |
T9
, T12
, T17
and T18
sail into the Biscay to recover the blockade runner Kumerland
. |
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To be continued... |
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