| 07-08.08.1940: |
Together with the torpedo boats Falke , Kondor, Jaguar, T2 and T8
, the T7
escorts the mine layers Cobra
, Roland
and Brumer
while laying the mine field SW1. The mine layers carry over 600 mines. |
| 09-10.08.1940: |
The torpedo boats T2
, T7
and T8
escort the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
near Stavanger. |
| 14-15.08.1940: |
Together with the destroyers Paul Jakobi
and Karl Galster
and the torpedo boats Falke
, Iltis
, Jaguar
, Kondor
and T5
, the T7
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
and T8
the T7
escorts the mine layers Corba
, Roland
and Tannenberg
. The mine layers carry about 600 mines. After the operation, the boat sails to Cherbourg. |
| 05-06.09.1940: |
The 2. T-Flottilla (T5
-T8
) excecutes a mine laying operation near Dover. |
| 08-09.09.1940: |
The 2. T-Flottilla (T5
-T8
) excecutes another mine laying operation near Dover. |
| 15-16.09.1940: |
The 2. T-Flottilla (T5
-T8
) excecutes another mine laying operation near Dover, the ships are engaged in a battle with smaller British ships. |
| 20-21.09.1940: |
Transferred to Wilhlemshaven, later sent to the Baltic Sea. |
| 27-29.10.1940: |
T6
, T7
, T8
and T10
escort the Panzerschiff Admiral Scheer
from Brunsbüttel to Bergen. |
| 06-07.11.1940: |
Operation of the 1st and 2nd torpedo boat flotilla with T1
, T4
, T6
, T7
, T8
, T9
and T10
against costal shipping at the British east coast. The operation is cancelled after T6
is sunk after a mine hit near Aberdeen. |
| 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. |
| 15.08.1941: |
T2
, T4
, T5
, T7,
T8
, T11
and T12
are attached to newly formed 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla. |
| 21-23.09.1941: |
The destroyers Z25
, Z26
and Z27
and the torpedo boats T2
, T5
, T7
, T8
and T11
are attached to the Baltic fleet to prevent an escape of Soviet ships into the Baltic Sea. |
| 25-27.09.1941: |
Together with the light cruisers Emden
and Leipzig
, the torpedo boats T7
, T8
and T11
attack costal batteries at Sworbe. |
| 12-13.10.1941: |
The torpedo boats T2
, T5
, T7
and T8
escort the light cruiser Köln
during the operations at Dagö. |
| 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. |
| 07-09.04.1942: |
Z28
, T7
and K4
escort the passenger ships Scharnhorst
and Gneisneau
on their way from Cuxhaven to Stavanger. |
| 18-20.04.1942: |
Z28
and the torpedo boats T7
and T16
escort the auxiliary ships Kärnten, Dithmarschen
and the tender Tsingtau
from Stavangar to Trondheim. |
| 09-10.05.1942: |
Z28
, Z30
, T5
and T7
escorrt the heavy crusier Admiral Scheer
and the Troßschiff Dithmarschen
from Trondheim to Narvik. |
| 24-27.05.1942: |
The heavy cruiser Lützow
is escorted by Richard Beitzen
, Z27
, Z29
and T7
from Trondheim to Narvik. |
| 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. |
| 08-10.07.1942: |
Covered by the destroyers Friedrich Ihn
and Z24
and the torpedo boats T7
and T15
the heavy cruiser Lützow
transfers to Trondheim. |
| 09-11.08.1942: |
T7,
T9
, T12
and T15
escort the heavy cruiser Lützow
on its way back to Germany. |
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To be continued ... |
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