TA10

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. TA10 (former SG47, F.R.42 (ital.), La Pomone (fr)) was first attached to the 3rd escort division, later to the 4th. It got operational by June 1943 and was used to support German units at Rhodos in fall of 1943 where it engaged the British destroyer Eclipse on 23.09.1943. With both engines disabled, the ship was lucky to escape to the Prassos-Beight at Rhodos, but it was impossible to repair the ship and it was scuttled on 27.09.1943.