Mine laying operation SW3. Together with the destroyers Paul Jakobi, Karl Galster and Erich Steinbrinck and the torpedo boats Greif, Iltis, Jaguar, T5, T7 and T8 the T6 escorts the mine layers Corba, Roland and Tannenberg. The mine layers carry about 600 mines. After the operation, the boat sails to Cherbourg.
84,30 mOverall length
1088 tMaximum displacement
35,0 knMaximum speed
119Complement
Design and service
The story of Torpedoboot T6
After operations near Jutland and mining operations in the North Sea, T6 was sent to France in September 1940 for a short time. After a short visit in Germany, the 1st Torpedoboot Flotilla was relocated to Norway and used for offensive torpedo boat operations off the British coast. On such a mission, T6 was sunk near Kinnaired Head after a mine hit on 7 November 1940 at 47°50'N,00°50'W.
Operational history
Service timeline
The 2. T-Flottilla (T5 -T8) excecutes a mine laying operation near Dover.
The 2. T-Flottilla (T5 -T8) excecutes another mine laying operation near Dover.
The 2. T-Flottilla (T5 -T8) excecutes another mine laying operation near Dover, the ships are engaged in a battle with smaller British ships.
Transferred to Wilhelmshaven, later sent to the Baltic Sea.
T6, T7, T8 and T10 escort the Panzerschiff Admiral Scheer from Brunsbüttel to Bergen.
Operation of the 1st and 2nd torpedo boat flotilla with T1, T4, T6, T7, T8, T9 and T10 against coastal shipping at the British east coast. The operation is cancelled after T6 is sunk after a mine hit near Aberdeen.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament, protection and performance.
Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 1088 t
- Length (Total)
- 84,30 m
- Length (Waterline)
- 82,16 m
- Beam
- 8,62 m
- Draft
- 2,94 m
- Crew
- 119
Armament
- 10,5 cm L/45 C/32
- 1
- 3,7 cm MG
- 4
- 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
- 31000 shp
- Speed
- 35,0 kn
- Range
- 1070 sm at 19 kn
Construction record
Torpedoboot T6
- Laid down
- Deschimag Bremen, 09.01.1937
- Launched
- 16.12.1937
- Commissioned
- 30.04.1940
- Fate
- sunk after mine hit 07.11.1940
- Cost
- 7,8 Mio Reichsmark