T34

Torpedo Boat

Service Data

In Service: 12 August 1944 to 20 November 1944

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: F. Schichau GmbH, Danzig
Construction No:
Laid down: 1942
Launched: 23 October 1943
Commissioned: 12 August 1944

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

12 August 1944 The T34 is commissioned.

20 November 1944
The T34 is hit by a mine from the Russian submarine Frunzevez L 3. 62 men lost. Position 54° 40N 13° 29E

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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