Profile drawing of TA13
846 tDisplacement
80,70 mLength
35,5 knSpeed
April 1938Service status

Wartime history

Capture and fate

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 became clear, that the ships were in a very bad condition, ammunition, personnel 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. TA13 (former F.R.45 (ital.), La Bayonnaise (fr)) was also never put into active service, it was scuttled in Toulon on 25.08.1944.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
846 t
Length
80,70 m
Beam
7,96 m
Draft
3,50 m

Armament

Main battery
2 x 10,5 cm
Additional guns
1 x 3,7 cm
Additional guns
11 x 2 cm
Torpedo tubes
2 x 55,0 cm torpedoes

Performance

Machinery and speed
22000 shp, 35,5 kn

Service record

Construction record

Laid down
Chant. Maritimes du Sud-Quest Bordeaux, 1934
Launched
28.01.1936
Commissioned
April 1938
Fate
sunk 25.08.1944