T23

Torpedo Boat

Service Data

In Service: 14 June 1942 to 1955

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: F. Schichau GmbH, Danzig
Construction No:
Laid down: 1940
Launched: 14 June 1941
Commissioned: 14 June 1942

Technical Data

Type: Torpedo boat
Class: T22 Class

Displacement: 1,754 tons
Length: 97.0 m waterline. 102.5 m overall
Beam: 10.0 m
Draft: 3.22 m
Propulsion: 2 × shaft geared Wagner geared turbines producing up to 32,560 shp
Propellers: 2
Speed: 32.3 knots
Range: 2,400 nautical miles at 19 knots
Crew: 206 men and officers
Armament:
1 × 10.5 cm L/45 Tbts C/32
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
12 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/39
6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
50 mines
Armour
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Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
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Other: Torpedo boats
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History

Career

14 June 1942
The T23 is commissioned.

1945
The T23 is seized as a prize of war by the British.

1946
The T23 is renamed L'Alsacien.

9 June 1954
The L'Alsacien is renamed Q 11.

1955
The Q 11 is broken up, and scrapped.

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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