Z25 and T18 are sent to Holland. Together with Heinrich Schoemann they continue to Brest.
85,2 mOverall length
1098 tMaximum displacement
36,6 knMaximum speed
119-155Complement
Design and service
The story of Torpedoboot T18
T18 (1942) Torpedoboot T18 was part of the 3rd TFlottila after commissioned. It was sent to France between September 1942 and mid 1943. From this time, the torpedo boat was used in the torpedo school in the Baltic Sea and was put into active service again at the end of 1944.
Searching for an Estonian refugee ship, T18 was sunk by Russian aircraft on 17 September 1944 in the eastern Baltic Sea at 59°22'N,24°03'E.
Operational history
Service timeline
T18 and T19 are sent to the French atlantic bases. Both ships collide during the trip and have to make a stop in Le Havre.
The torpedo boats T9, T12, T17 and T18 are sent from Germany to Brest.
T9, T17, T18 and T19 support the unsuccessful search for the blockade runner Wismar.
T9, T12, T17 and T18 sail into the Biscay to recover the blockade runner Kumerland.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament, protection and performance.
Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 1098 t
- Length (Total)
- 85,2 m
- Length (Waterline)
- 82,0 m
- Beam
- 8,87 m
- Draft
- 3,14 m
- Crew
- 119-155
Armament
- 10,5 cm L/45 C/32
- 1
- 3,7 cm
- 1 (since 1941)
- 2 cm MG L/65 C/39
- 5-12
- 53,3 cm Torpedo tubes
- 6
- Mines
- 30
Machinery
- Shafts
- 2
- Turbines
- 2
- Type
- Wagner Geared Turbines
Performance
- Total Performance
- 34110 shp
- Speed
- 36,6 kn
- Range
- 1400 sm at 19 kn
Construction record
Torpedoboot T18
- Laid down
- Schichau Elbing, 1939
- Launched
- 01.06.1940
- Commissioned
- 22.11.1941
- Fate
- sunk 17.09.1944
- Cost
- 9,3 Mio Reichsmark