T3, T5 and T11 escort the Troßschiff Dithmarschen and the training ship Bremse from Stavangar to the German Beight.
84,30 mOverall length
1088 tMaximum displacement
35,0 knMaximum speed
119Complement
Design and service
The story of Torpedoboot T3
After operations near Jutland and mining operations in the North Sea, T3 was sent to France in September 1940 and sunk during a nightbomber raid in Le Havre on 18 September 1940.
Raised and repaired at the end of 1943, the ship was allocated to the 2nd Torpedoboot Flotilla and recommissioned on 12 December 1943.
On 4 January 1945, T3 sunk the Soviet submarine S4 by ramming it, but was sunk by a mine on 14 March 1945 near Hela at 54°39'N, 18°47'E.
Operational history
Service timeline
The destroyer Karl Galster and the torpedo boats Falke, Greif, Ilits, Jaguar, Kondor, T1, T2 and T3 excecute a mine laying operation in the south western North Sea.
Seeadler, Iltis, T1, T2 and T3 escort the mine layers Brummer, Skagerak and Stralsund to Le Havre.
T3 is heavyly damaged during an air attack at Le Havre and sinks.
The sunken torpedo boat is raised and towed to Germany for repairs.
T3 is recommissioned.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament, protection and performance.
Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 1088 t
- Length (Total)
- 84,30 m
- Length (Waterline)
- 82,16 m
- Beam
- 8,62 m
- Draft
- 2,94 m
- Crew
- 119
Armament
- 10,5 cm L/45 C/32
- 1
- 2 cm MG L/65 C/39
- 5-12
- 53,3 cm Torpedo tubes
- 6
- Mines
- 30
Machinery
- Shafts
- 2
- Turbines
- 2
- Type
- Wagner Geared Turbines
Performance
- Total Performance
- 31000 shp
- Speed
- 35,0 kn
- Range
- 1070 sm at 19 kn
Construction record
Torpedoboot T3
- Laid down
- F. Schichau Elbing, 14.11.1936
- Launched
- 23.06.1938
- Commissioned
- 03.04.1940
- Fate
- sunk 14.03.1945
- Cost
- 8,8 Mio Reichsmark