| 24-25.06.1940: |
Together with T1
and T5
, T8
escorts a convoy form Fredrikshavn to Horten. |
| 17-20-07.1940: |
Together with the torpedo boats T5
, Greif
, Iltis
and Jaguar
, the T8 e
scorts the mine layers Cobra
, Hansestadt Danzig
, Kaiser
Königin Louise
, Preussen
and Roland
while laying the mine field Sperre 19 in the North Sea. The mine layers carry over 1560 mines. |
| 07-08.08.1940: |
Together with the torpedo boats Falke , Kondor, Jaguar, T2 and T7
, the T8
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. |
| 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 T7
the T8
escorts the mine layers Corba
, Roland
and Tannenberg
. The mine layers carry about 600 mines. After the operation, the boat sails to Cherbourg. |
| 05.09.1940: |
Minelaying operation near Boulogne in the British Channel together with T5
. |
| 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. |
| 0607.11.1940: |
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. |
| 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. |
| 15.08.1941: |
T2
, T4
, T5
, T7,
T8
, T11
and T12
are attached to newly formed 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla. |
| 13-14.09.1941: |
T2
, T5
, T8
and T11
operate at the coast of Ösel and attack Soviet costal batteries. |
| 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. |
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