In
Service: 30 April 1940 to 7 November 1940
Ordered: Builder: Deschimag,
Bremen
Construction No: 935
Laid down: 9 January 1937
Launched: 16 December 1937
Commissioned: 30 April 1940
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 Aircraft: Electronics: Operators:
Kriegsmarine
Variants: Other: Torpedo
boats Articles: 30 April 1940 The T6 is commissioned.
7 November
1940 The T6 is sunk by a mine. 48 crew lost. Position 57° 08N 01°
58W.
Ralf
Raimar Wolfram
Takes command on April 1940
Ends command on November
1940
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