Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 1754t
- Length (Total)
- 102,5m
- Length (Waterline)
- 97,0 m
- Beam
- 10,0 m
- Draft
- 3,22 m
- Crew
- 206
102,5mOverall length
1754tMaximum displacement
32,3 knMaximum speed
206Complement
Design and service
The story of Flottentorpedoboot T26
T26 (1943) Flottentorpedoboot T26 was part of the 4th T-Flottila after being commissioned. Sent to France in August 1943 and mainly used for escorting convoys, blockade breakers and U-Boats in the Gulf of Biscay. While trying to escort the blockade breaker Alsterufer, T26 was sunk on 28 December 1943 in the Gulf of Biscay during a battle with British cruisers Glasgow and Enterprise.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament, protection and performance.
Armament
- 10,5 cm L/45 C/32
- 4
- 3,7 cm L/83 C/30
- 4
- 2 cm MG L/65 C/39
- 2-9
- 53,3 cm Torpedo tubes
- 6
- Mines
- 50
Machinery
- Shafts
- 2
- Turbines
- 2
- Type
- Wagner Type Geared Turbines (Schichau build)
Performance
- Total Performance
- 32560 shp
- Speed
- 32,3 kn
- Range
- 2400 sm at 19 kn
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Models
Ship models in 1/1250 scale.
Construction record
Flottentorpedoboot T26
- Laid down
- Schichau Elbing, 1941
- Launched
- 18.02.1942
- Commissioned
- 27.02.1943
- Fate
- sunk 28.12.1943
- Cost
- 5,7 Mio Reichsmark