In
Service: 15 July 1927 to 31 July 1944
Ordered: Builder: Reichsmarinewerft,
Wilhelmshaven
Construction No: 106
Laid down: 17 November
1925
Launched: 22 September 1926
Commissioned: 15 July
1927
Type: Torpedo boat
Class: Raptor
Displacement:
924 tons standard 1,290 tons full load
Length: 88.5 m
Beam:
8.3 m
Draft: 3.65 m
Propulsion: 2 × shaft geared steam
turbines, 3 × boilers producing up to 24,829 shp
Propellers:
2
Speed: 33.6 knots
Range: 3,600 nautical miles at 17 knots
Crew: 129 men and officers
Armament: 3 × 10.5 cm L/45
Tbts C/32
carried 300 rounds
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried
8000 rounds
2 × 2 cm Flak L/65 C/39 before 1941
4 × 2 cm Flak
L/65 C/39 after 1941
carried 8000 rounds
6 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
before 1931
6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes after 1931
30 mines
Armour
Aircraft: Electronics: Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants: Other: Torpedo
boats Articles: 15 July 1927 The torpedo boat Kondor is commissioned.
29 to 30 April 1940 The torpedo boat Kondor escorts the minelayers
Roland, Preussen and Kaiser, Along with, Möwe, Wolf and Leopard, and the
destroyers Richard Beitzen, Bruno Heinemann during the course of laying mines
the torpedo boat Leopard is rammed and lost by the mine layer Kaiser.
28 to 30 January 1941 The torpedo boat Kondor is transferred to Brest
along with Iltis, Seeadler, and the destroyer Richard Beitzen.
1
to 2 February 1941 The torpedo boat Kondor escorts heavy cruiser Admiral
Hipper while leaving Brest. Along with the Seeadler, and the destroyer Richard
Beitzen.
13 to 14 February 1941 The torpedo boat Kondor escorts
heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper while returning to Brest. Along with the Seeadler,
and the destroyer Richard Beitzen.
28 June 1944 The torpedo
boat Kondor is taken out of active service.
31 July 1944
The torpedo boat Kondor is capsized and destroyed.
Schone
Takes command on July 1928
Ends command on October 1928
Winfried
Hagen
Takes command on October 1928
Ends command on October 1930
Winfried
Hagen
Takes command on September 1931
Ends command on September 1932
Heinz
Bonatz
Takes command on September 1932
Ends command on February 1934
Alfred
Schemmel
Takes command on February 1934
Ends command on September
1934
Conrad
Engelhardt
Takes command on September 1934
Ends command on September
1936
Wegener
Takes command on September 1936
Ends command on March 1938
Werner
Pfeiffer
Takes command on March 1938
Ends command on July 1938
Hans Wilcke
Takes command on April 1939
Ends command on October 1940
Kaßbaum
Takes command on October 1940
Ends command on November 1940
Wilhelm
Nickolaus von Lyncker
Takes command on November 1940
Ends command
on June 1941
Burkart
Takes command on June 1941
Ends command on July 1942
Holzapfel
Takes command on April 1942
Ends command on May 1942
Heinrich
Peter-Pirkham
Takes command on September 1942
Ends command on December
1943
Hermann
Takes command on December 1943
Ends command on April 1944
Rönnau
Takes command on April 1944
Ends command on June 1944
German
Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German
Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
For a complete list of
sources