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The Type 35 and Type 37 Torpedo boats were small destroyers or Flottentorpedoboot built for the Kriegsmarine between 1939 and 1942. They were designed to exploit a clause in the Washington Naval Treaty, which stipulated that ships under 600 tons standard displacement did not count towards limited tonnages. They did however grow in size to 845 tons standard tonnage. Their primary intention was to produce a seaworthy torpedo craft larger and more heavily armed than an S-boat. These ships fought in the North Sea, English Channel and Baltic Sea. They were not considered very successful their weak gun armament was disliked and the machinery was unreliable and difficult to repair. They also had realtively poor seakeeping and a weak bridge structure.
[edit] General Characteristics
- Displacement:
- Type 35 - 845 tons standard, 1090 tons full load
- Type 37 - 874 tons standard, 1121 tons full load
- Length
- Type 35 - 84.3 m
- Type 37 - 85.2 m
- Beam
- Type 35 - 8.62 m
- Type 37 - 8.87 m
- Draught
- Type 35 - 2.83 m
- Type 37 - 2.8 m
- Machinery - 2 shaft geared turbines - 4 Wagner type boilers
- Speed - 35 knots
- Range -
- Type 35 - 1200 nm at 19 knots
- Type 37 - 1600 nm at 19 knots
- Armament
- 1 - 105 mm gun
- 1 - 37 mm gun
- 2 - 20 mm guns
- 6 - 21.7 inch torpedo tubes (2x3)
- 30 mines
- Crew - 119
[edit] Type 35
| Ship |
Builder |
Commissioned |
Fate |
| T1 |
Schichau, Elbing |
1 December 1939 |
Sunk 9 April 1945, by bombing in Kiel Harbour |
| T2 |
Schichau, Elbing |
2 December 1939 |
Sunk 29 July 1944 by bombing in Bremen |
| T3 |
Schichau, Elbing |
3 February 1940 |
Sunk in le Harve by bombing 18/9/40 but raised and repaired, Sunk by Mines in Danzig Bay 14 March 1945 |
| T4 |
Schichau, Elbing |
27 May 1940 |
Transferred to Denmark and scrapped post war |
| T5 |
Deschimag, Bremen |
23 January 1940 |
Sunk by Mines in Danzig Bay 14 March 1945 |
| T6 |
Deschimag, Bremen |
30 April 1940 |
Sunk 7 November 1940 |
| T7 |
Deschimag, Bremen |
20 December 1939 |
Sunk 29 July 1944 |
| T8 |
Deschimag |
8 October 1939 |
Scuttled 3 May 1945 |
| T9 |
Schichau, Elbing |
4 July 1940 |
Scuttled 3 May 1945 |
| T10 |
Schichau, Elbing |
5 August 1940 |
Sunk in Gotenhaven by bombing 18 December 1944 |
| T11 |
Deschimag |
24 may 1940 |
War reparation to France. Served as Bir Hakiem in French Navy |
| T12 |
Deschimag |
3 July 1940 |
Transferred to USSR, served in the Soviet Navy as the Podvischny until 1960 |
[edit] Type 37
All these ships were built by Schichau in Elbing
| Ship |
Commissioned |
Fate |
| T13 |
31 May 1941 |
Sunk 10 April 1945 |
| T14 |
14 June 1941 |
transferred to France as the Dompaire, BU 1949 |
| T15 |
26 June 1941 |
Sunk 13 December 1945, by RAF Bombers |
| T16 |
24 July 1941 |
Damaged beyond repair by RAF Bombers 13 April 1945 |
| T17 |
18 August 1941 |
to USSR post war, served as the Provisty until 1950's |
| T18 |
22 November 1941 |
Sunk 13 September 1944, by Soviet aircraft in the Baltic |
| T19 |
18 December 1942 |
transferred to Denmark after the war , Broken Up |
| T20 |
5 June 1942 |
Transferred to France as the Baccarat, BU 1951 |
| T21 |
11 July 1942 |
to USA after the war Scuttled 10 June 1946 |
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