Profile drawing of TA43
1210 tDisplacement
98,0 mLength
38,0 knSpeed
Jan 1939 (22.02.1945 in German services)Service status

Wartime history

Capture and fate

The former Yugoslav destroyer Beograd was captured by Italian forces in Kotor on 17.04.1941. Renamed to Sebenico, the ship was taken over by the Kriegsmarine after the Italian surrender in September 1943. The then called TA43 was commissioned on 17.1.1944 and used for escort duty and mine laying operations in the Adrian Sea. On 01.05.1940 the ship was scuttled by its own crew.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
1210 t
Length
98,0 m
Beam
9,40 m
Draft
3,13 m

Armament

Main battery
4 x 10,5 cm
Additional guns
4 x 4 cm
Additional guns
24 x 2 cm
Torpedo tubes
6 x 55,0 cm torpedo tubes
Mines
30 mines
Depth charges
2 DC launcher

Performance

Machinery and speed
44000 shp, 38,0 kn

Scale model archive

1/1250 Model

A miniature representation preserved in the original ship archive.

1/1250 model of TA43
Trident T1099 T43 (Beograd)

Service record

Construction record

Laid down
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire St. Nazire, 1936
Launched
23.12.1937
Commissioned
Jan 1939 (22.02.1945 in German services)
Fate
scuttled 01.05.1945