| 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. |
| 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
. |
| 15.08.1941: |
T2
, T4
, T5
, T7,
T8
, T11
and T12
are attached to newly formed 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla. |
| 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, one boat is sunk by T4
. |
| 04-16.12.1941: |
T2
, T4
, T7
, T12
and T14
escort the auxiliary cruiser Thor
from Wilhelmshaven to Brest. T2
and T4
also escort the ship to La Rochelle. |
| 25-26.01.1942: |
T2
, T4
, T5
, T11
and T12
are transferred from St. Nazaire to Brest. |
| 27.01.1942: |
While doing trials in the Biscay, the battleship Scharnhorst
is escorted by T2
, T4
, T5,
T11
and T12
. |
| 05-07.02.1942: |
The afterward torpedo tubes are replacd with a quadruple 2 cm anit-aircraft guns. |
| 08.02.1942: |
Torpedo boats T2
, T4
, T5
, T11
and T12
are relocated to Le Havre. |
| 12-13.02.1942: |
Operation "Cerberus": On board of Z29
, the "Füher der Zerstöer" and the destroyers Richard Beitzen
, Paul Jakobi
, Hermann Schoemann
, Friedrich Ihn,
Z25
and the torpedo boats T2
, T4
, T4
, T11
, T13
, T15
, T16
, T17
Seeadler
, Kondor
, Jaguar
, Falke
and iescort the battleships Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau
and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
through the Channel from Brest ot Germany. |
| 15-20.02.1942: |
T4
, T5
and T12
are sent to the Trondheimfjord. |
| 11-14.03.1942: |
Richard Beitzen
and T4
are ordered back to Germany. |
| 13-17.07.1942: |
T4
, T10
, T13
and T14
are sent to Le Havre. |
| 20-22.07.1942: |
Mine laying operations of the 3rd torpedo boat flotilla consisting of T4
, T10
, T13
and T14
in the British Channel. |
| 15-16.08.1942: |
T4
and T10
escort the support ships Uckermarck
and Ermland
between Royan and Pallice. |
| 19-22.08.1942: |
Unsuccessfull attempt of the support ship Uckermarck
to break out into the Atlantic. The ship is escorted back to La Pallice by T4
, T10
, T13
and T14
. |
| 01.10.1942: |
T4
, T10
and T14
escort the support ship Lido
in the Biscay. |
| 13-17.10.1942: |
T4
, T10
, T14
and T19
escort the auxiliary cruiser Komet
through the Channel. THe ships are attacked by 9 British escort vessels and 8 British MTB. Komet
is sunk after a torpedo hit, the torpedo boats return to Brest. |
| 31.10-01.11.1942: |
T4
, T12
, T13
, T21
and T22
are sent to the Biskay to meet the blockade runner Wismar
. The search is abandoned as the ship cannot be found. |
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To be continued... |
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