Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 1754t
- Length (Total)
- 102,5m
- Length (Waterline)
- 97,0 m
- Beam
- 10,0 m
- Draft
- 3,22 m
- Crew
- 206
102,5mOverall length
1754tMaximum displacement
32,3 knMaximum speed
206Complement
Design and service
The story of Flottentorpedoboot T24
T24 Flottentorpedoboot T24 was part of the 4th T-Flottila after being commissioned. Sent to France in June 1943 and mainly used for escorting convoys, blockade breakers and U-Boats in the Gulf of Biscay. On 29 April 1944, T24 sunk the Canadian destroyer Athabaskan during a battle between German torpedoboats and Canadian destroyers. After the allied invasion in France the ship was ordered to operate against the invasion beachhead but was not able to reach the Normandy.
It was sunk by British Beaufighters on 24 August 1944 in Le Verdon at 45°31'N,01°05'W.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament, protection and performance.
Armament
- 10,5 cm L/45 C/32
- 4
- 3,7 cm L/83 C/30
- 4
- 2 cm MG L/65 C/39
- 2-9
- 53,3 cm Torpedo tubes
- 6
- Mines
- 50
Machinery
- Shafts
- 2
- Turbines
- 2
- Type
- Wagner Type Geared Turbines (Schichau build)
Performance
- Total Performance
- 32560 shp
- Speed
- 32,3 kn
- Range
- 2400 sm at 19 kn
Construction record
Flottentorpedoboot T24
- Laid down
- Schichau Elbing, 1940
- Launched
- 13.09.1941
- Commissioned
- 17.10.1942
- Fate
- sunk 24.08.1944
- Cost
- 5,7 Mio Reichsmark