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 T27
T27 Flottentorpedoboot T27 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 where it was badly damaged on 29 April 1944 by Canadian destroyer Haida and beached at Ile de Baz. Torpedoed by British MTB 673 on 4 May 1944, capsized and sunk.
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
Construction record
Flottentorpedoboot T27
- Laid down
- Schichau Elbing, 1941
- Launched
- 20.08.1942
- Commissioned
- 17.04.1943
- Fate
- sunk 04.05.1944
- Cost
- 5,7 Mio Reichsmark