T1

Torpedo Boat

Service Data

In Service: 2 December 1939 to 9 April 1945

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: F. Schichau GmbH, Danzig
Construction No: 1380
Laid down: 14 November 1936
Launched: 19 February 1938
Commissioned: 2 December 1939

Technical Data

Type: Torpedo boat
Class: T1 Class

Displacement: 844 tons standard. 1,088 tons full load
Length: 84.3 m
Beam: 8.62 m
Draft: 2.94 m
Propulsion: 2 × shaft geared Wagner geared turbines producing up to 28,200 shp
Propellers: 2
Speed: 35 knots
Range: 1,070 nautical miles at 19 knots
Crew: 119 men and officers
Armament:
1 × 10.5 cm L/45 Tbts C/32
carried 600 rounds
12 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/39
carried 2000 rounds
6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
carried 6 rounds
30 mines
Armour
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Operators: Kriegsmarine
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Other: Torpedo boats
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History

Career

2 December 1939
The T1 is commissioned.

9 April 1945
The T1 is sunk in an American air raid on Kiel. 9 crew lost.

Commanders

Hansfrieder Rost
Takes command on december 1939
Ends command on September 1940


Richter Oldekop
Takes command on September 1940
Ends command on August 1941


Koch
Takes command on June 1942
Ends command on October 1943


Kopka
Takes command on October 1943
Ends command on April 1944


Schurdt
Takes command on April 1944
Ends command on April 1945

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Sources

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