Flottentorpedoboot 1939 | German Naval History

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After the unsuccessful Torpedoboot 1935 and Torpedoboot 1937 a radical change in German torpedo boat design took place. Unlike their predecessors which were focused on Torpedo attacks, the new class of Fleet torpedo boats were multi purpose ships, usable for torpedo attacks, anti aircraft defense and escort duty. Those ships were more a light destroyer than the classical torpedo boat and the last torpedo boats built in Germany.

Since they got the engines of already ordered but later canceled ships of the Torpedoboot 1937 class, they were about 1,5 kn slower than those ships, but they were the best seagoing ships of their kind in the Kriegsmarine. Since many of those ships only got operational in 1943 or later, they were mainly used in the Baltic Sea only, but some of the earlier ships saw intensive operations in France at the time of the allied invasion. Several ships survived World War II and served in the French or Russian navy until the 1950s.

Flottentorpedoboot 1939

Flottentorpedoboot T22

Commissioned in 1942, Flottentorpedoboot T22 conducted escort and minelaying operations in the Atlantic and the Baltic. Her later service included Baltic operations.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1940
Launched: 1941
Commissioned: 28.02.1942
Fate: sunk 18.08.1944

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Flottentorpedoboot T23

Commissioned in 1942, Flottentorpedoboot T23 conducted escort and minelaying operations in the Atlantic and the Channel. She helped screen major warships in the Channel.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1940
Launched: 14.06.1941
Commissioned: 14.06.1942
Fate: scrapped February 1955

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Flottentorpedoboot T24

Commissioned in 1942, Flottentorpedoboot T24 conducted escort and combat operations in the Atlantic. She repeatedly screened major German warships.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1940
Launched: 13.09.1941
Commissioned: 17.10.1942
Fate: sunk 24.08.1944

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Flottentorpedoboot T25

Commissioned in 1942, Flottentorpedoboot T25 conducted escort and combat operations in the Atlantic. She repeatedly screened major German warships.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1940
Launched: 01.12.1941
Commissioned: 12.12.1942
Fate: sunk 28.12.1943

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Flottentorpedoboot T26

Commissioned in 1943, Flottentorpedoboot T26 conducted escort and combat operations in the Atlantic. She repeatedly screened major German warships.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1941
Launched: 18.02.1942
Commissioned: 27.02.1943
Fate: sunk 28.12.1943

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Flottentorpedoboot T27

Commissioned in 1943, Flottentorpedoboot T27 conducted escort operations in the Atlantic. She repeatedly screened major German warships.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1941
Launched: 20.08.1942
Commissioned: 17.04.1943
Fate: sunk 04.05.1944

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Flottentorpedoboot T28

Commissioned in 1943, Flottentorpedoboot T28 conducted fleet operations in the Atlantic and Norwegian waters. Her later service included Baltic operations.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1941
Launched: 24.06.1942
Commissioned: 19.06.1943
Fate: scrapped 1959

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Flottentorpedoboot T29

Commissioned in 1943, Flottentorpedoboot T29 conducted combat operations in the Atlantic.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1942
Launched: 16.01.1943
Commissioned: 21.08.1943
Fate: sunk 26.04.1944

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Flottentorpedoboot T30

Commissioned in 1943, Flottentorpedoboot T30 conducted minelaying operations in the Baltic. Her later service included Baltic operations.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1942
Launched: 13.03.1943
Commissioned: 24.10.1943
Fate: sunk 18.08.1944

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Flottentorpedoboot T31

Commissioned in 1944, Flottentorpedoboot T31 conducted fleet operations in the Baltic. Her later service included Baltic operations.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1942
Launched: 22.05.1943
Commissioned: 05.02.1944
Fate: sunk 20.06.1944

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Flottentorpedoboot T32

Commissioned in 1944, Flottentorpedoboot T32 conducted minelaying operations in the Baltic. Her later service included Baltic operations.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1942
Launched: 17.07.1943
Commissioned: 08.05.1944
Fate: sunk 18.08.1944

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Flottentorpedoboot T33

Commissioned in 1944, Flottentorpedoboot T33 conducted fleet operations in the Baltic. She also operated against the Soviet coast.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1942
Launched: 04.09.1943
Commissioned: 15.06.1944
Fate: scrapped 1957-1958

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Flottentorpedoboot T34

Commissioned in 1944, Flottentorpedoboot T34 conducted minelaying operations in the Baltic. She also operated against the Soviet coast.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1942
Launched: 23.10.1943
Commissioned: 12.08.1944
Fate: sunk 20.11.1944

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Flottentorpedoboot T35

Commissioned in 1944, Flottentorpedoboot T35 conducted fleet operations in the Atlantic and the Baltic. Her later service included Baltic operations.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1942
Launched: 11.12.1943
Commissioned: 07.10.1944
Fate: scrapped 03.10.1952

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Flottentorpedoboot T36

Commissioned in 1944, Flottentorpedoboot T36 conducted minelaying and combat operations in the Baltic. Her later service included Baltic operations.

Laid down: Schichau Elbing, 1942
Launched: 05.02.1944
Commissioned: 09.12.1944
Fate: sunk 05.05.1945

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