Type 24 torpedo boat
 Type 1924 (Raubtier-class) torpedo boats | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: | |
| In commission: | 1926–44 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Lost: | 6 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Torpedo boat |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 92.6 m |
| Beam: | 8.65 m |
| Draught: | 3.52 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft geared steam turbines (from Brown, Boveri & Cie, Vulcan and Schichau), 3 boilers, 25,500 shp |
| Speed: | 35.2 knots (65.2 km/h; 40.5 mph) |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement: | 120 - 129 |
| Armament: |
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The German Type 24 torpedo boat was a class of torpedo boat built for the Reichsmarine following World War I. They were a development of the Type 23 torpedo boat.
Six vessels were built in total, and with modifications all six served with the Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The ships were named for Carnivorans and were referred to as the Raubtier class.
General characteristics
The six ships of Raubtier ("predator") class were laid down in 1926-27 and were commissioned in 1928-29. All six vessels were built at Reichsmarinewerft ("Navy Yard"), Wilhelmshaven. As with the 1923 Type, they used electrical welding for hull construction to reduce displacement and had geared turbines. It had been intended the 1924 Type would mount 12.7 cm guns but, instead, received updated 10.5 cm weapons. Speed and range were improved, but otherwise, they displayed the same good and bad points as the Raubvogels and experienced similar operational conditions and upgrades.
The Type 24's entered service in 1927 and 1928 and all but one had been lost before mid 1942.
Ships
| Name | Launched | Completed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf | 1927 | 1928 | Mined 8 January 1941 near Dunkirk |
| Iltis (Polecat) | 1927 | 1928 | Sunk by British MTBs during the Action of 13 May 1942 while escorting the auxiliary cruiser Stier |
| Jaguar | 1928 | 1929 | Bombed 14 June 1944 |
| Leopard | 1928 | 1929 | Wrecked in collision with the minelayer Preussen on 30 April 1940[2] |
| Luchs (Lynx) | 1928 | 1929 | Torpedoed by HMS Thames 26 July 1940 |
| Tiger | 1928 | 1929 | Wrecked in collision with destroyer Z3 Max Schultz 25 September 1939 |
Notes
References
- Gardiner, Robert (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Hümmelchen, Jürgen Rohwer ; with special assistance from Gerhard; Weis, Thomas (2005). Chronology of the war at sea : 1939-1945 : the naval history of World War II (3. rev. ed.). Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2. Retrieved 22 July 2014.