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Leopard

Torpedoboot 1928 - 1940  Torpedoboot 1924 "Raubtier"  Class

   Ship Info   Operational History   History   Technical Data   Photos 
13.11.1939:   Together with the light cruisers Nürnberg and Köln and the torpedo boats Iltis ,  Seeadler and Wolf, the Leopard escorts the returning destroyers Karl Galster , Herman KünneHans Lüdemann and Wilhelm Heidkamp  after a mine laying operation against the Themse estuary.
18.11.1939:   Together with the light cruisers Nürnberg and Leipzig and the torpedo boats  Seeadler and Iltis , the Leopard escorts the returning destroyers Bernd von Arnim , Herman Künne and Wilhelm Heidkamp  after a mine laying operation against the Themse estuary.
19.11.1939:   Together with the light cruiser Nürnberg and the torpedo boats  Seeadler, Wolf  and Iltis, the Leopard escorts the returning destroyers Erich Steinbrinck , Hans Lody and Friedrich Eckold after a mine laying operation against the Humber estuary.
21-22.11.1939:  

Merchant warfare near Jutland together with Panzerschiff Lützow , the cruisers Köln and Leipzig and the torpedo boats Iltis and Seeadler .

24-25.11.1939:  

Merchant warfare near Jutland together with Panzerschiff Lützow , the cruisers Köln and Leipzig and the torpedo boats Iltis, Wolf and Seeadler .

31.03.1940:   Together with the torpedo boat Wolf , the Leopard escorts the auxiliary cruiser Atlantis through the North Sea.
07.04.1940:   Operation Weserübung: Leopard joins the torpedo boat Wolf in the Bergen Attack Group.
29-30.04.1940:  Together with the destroyers Richard Beitzen and Bruno Heinemann and the torpedo boats Kondor , Möwe and Wolf , the Leopard escorts the mine layers Kaiser , Roland and Preussen while laying the mine field 17n. The mine layers carry over 1000 mines.
30.04.1940:   After a rudder failure, the Leopard is lost after being rammed by the mine layer Kaiser . All but one crw members - the son of the chief of fleet - are rescued.

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  Thanks to:  Maurice Laarman  John J. Markowski