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T12

Torpedo Boat




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Service Data

In Service: 3 August 1940 to 1991

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: Deschimag, Bremen
Construction No: 939
Laid down: 20 August 1938
Launched: 12 April 1939
Commissioned: 3 August 1940

Technical Data

Type: Torpedo boat
Class: T1 Class

Displacement: 844 tons standard. 1,082 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
2 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30 after 1944
12 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/39
carried 2000 rounds
3 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
carried 6 rounds
30 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:

Other: Torpedo boats
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History



Career

3 August 1940
The T12 is commissioned.

27 December 1945
The T12 is seized as a prize of war by the Russians.

1946
The T12 is renamed Podviznyy.

1991
The Podviznyy is sunk.

Commanders

Sorry No Image AvailableViktor Mellin
Takes command on July 1940
Ends command on January 1942


Sorry No Image AvailableThilo-Leberecht von Trotha
Takes command on January 1942
Ends command on November 1943


Sorry No Image AvailableWerner Gross
Takes command on November 1943
Ends command on May 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

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