TA9 1943
| Captured French torpilleurs légers de 600t Baliste, Pomone class |
Contruction Data
| Laid down: |
At. et Chant. de France Dünkirchen, 1934 |
| Launched: |
17.03.1937 |
| Commissioned: |
October 1938 |
| Fate: |
sunk 24.11.1943 |
| Costs: |
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Technical Data
| Size: |
846 t |
| Length: |
80,70 m |
| Beam: |
7,96 m |
| Draft: |
3,50 m |
| Armament: |
2 x 10,5 cm; 2 x 3,7 cm; 9 x 2 cm; 2 x 55,0 cm torpedoes |
| Performance: |
22000 shp, 35,5 kn |
History
Like many other torpedoboats, those six ships were first given to Italy and taken over by the Kriegsmarine in April 1943 , transferred from La Spezia to Toulon. It soon got obvious, that the ships were in a very bad condition, ammunition, personal shortages and their lack of offensive capabilities made it impossible to use them as torpedo boats. Therefore all ships were used as escort vessels and operated in the 3. and 4. escort division.
TA12
(former F.R.44
(ital.), L'Baliste
(fr)) was never commissioned in the Kriegsmarine and sunk by American B17 bombers during an attack on Toulon on 24.11.1943.
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