Torpedoboot T5

Together with T1 and T8, T5 escorts a convoy form Fredrikshavn to Horten.

Together with the torpedo boats T8, Greif, Iltis and Jaguar, the T5 escorts the mine layers Cobra, Hansestadt Danzig, Kaiser Königin Louise, Preussen and Roland while laying the mine field Sperre 19 in the North Sea. The mine layers carry over 1560 mines.

Together with the torpedo boats Greif, Iltis, Luchs and Jaguar, the T5 escorts the mine layers Cobra, Hansestadt Danzig, Kaiser Königin Louise, Preussen and Roland while laying the mine field NW2 in the North Sea.

Transfer of the damaged Gneisenau back to Germany, the battleship is escorted by light cruiser Nürnberg and the destroyers Hans Lody, Paul Jakobi, Friedrich Ihn and Karl Galster, the torpedo boats Iltis, Jaguar, Kondor, Luchs and T5.

Together with the destroyers Paul Jakobi and Karl Galster and the torpedo boats Falke, Iltis, Jaguar, Kondor and T7, the T5 escorts the mine layers Corba, Roland and Tanneberg while laying the mine field SW2. The mine layers carry 600 mines.

T3, T5 and T11 escort the Troßschiff Dithmarschen and the training ship Bremse from Stavangar to the German Beight.

Mine laying operation SW3. Together with the destroyers Paul Jakobi, Karl Galster and Erich Steinbrinck and the torpedo boats Greif, Iltis, Jaguar, T6, T7 and T8 the T5 escorts the mine layers Corba, Roland and Tannenberg. The mine layers carry about 600 mines. After the operation, the boat sails to Cherbourg.

Mine laying operation near Boulogne in the British Channel together with T8.

The 2. T-Flottilla (T5 -T8) excecutes a mine laying operation near Dover.

The 2. T-Flottilla (T5 -T8) excecutes another mine laying operation near Dover.

The 2. T-Flottilla (T5 -T8) excecutes another mine laying operation near Dover, the ships are engaged in a battle with smaller British ships.

Transferred to Wilhelmshaven, later sent to the Baltic Sea.

On its way into the Atlantic, the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper is escorted by the torpedo boats T1, T4, T5, T8, T9 and T12.

The torpedo boats T1, T5, T8 and T12 escort the light cruiers Köln and Nürnberg during a mine laying operation in the North Sea.

The auxiliary cruiser Kormoran is escorted by T1, T5 and T12 into the North Sea.

Escorted by the torpedo boats T1, T5, T9 and T10, the mine layers Brummer, Königin Louise and Tannenberg leave Stavanger to lay the mine field "20 Pommern". The operation is aborted due to the weather conditions.

Another attempt to lay the mine field "20 Pommern": T1, T5, T10 and T12 escort several mine layers, again the operation has to be aborted because of the weather.

Falke, T5, T9 and T10 escort the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau on their way into the Atlantic.

Mine laying operation "21 Oder" of the mine layers Brummer, Hansestadt Danzig, Königin Luise and Tannenberg. The mine layers carry about 1400 mines. The mine layers are escorted by the torpedo boats T5, T9 and T12.

Mine laying operation "22 Rügen" of the mine layers Brummer, Königin Luise and Tannenberg. The mine layers are escorted by the torpedo boats Falke, T5, T9, T10 and T12.

T2, T4, T5, T7, T8, T11 and T12 are attached to newly formed 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla.

T2, T5, T8 and T11 operate at the coast of Ösel and attack Soviet coastal batteries.

The destroyers Z25, Z26 and Z27 and the torpedo boats T2, T5, T7, T8 and T11 are attached to the Baltic fleet to prevent an escape of Soviet ships into the Baltic Sea.

The torpedo boats T2, T5, T7 and T8 escort the light cruiser Köln during the operations at Dagö.

T5, T11 and T12 transfer to St. Nazaire via the British Channel.

T2, T4, T5, T11 and T12 are transferred from St. Nazaire to Brest.

While doing trials in the Biscay, the battleship Scharnhorst is escorted by T2, T4, T5, T11 and T12.

Torpedoboats T2, T5, T11 and T12 escort the battleship Scharnhorst during trials in the Biscay.

T2, T5, T11 and T12 escort the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen during engine tests und gunnery drills in the Biscay.

The afterward torpedo tubes are replacd with a quadruple 2 cm anit-aircraft guns.

Torpedo boats T2, T4, T5, T11 and T12 are relocated to Le Havre.

Operation "Cerberus": On board of Z29, the "Füher der Zerstöer" and the destroyers Richard Beitzen, Paul Jakobi, Hermann Schoemann, Friedrich Ihn, Z25 and the torpedo boats T2, T4, T4, T11, T13, T15, T16, T17 Seeadler, Kondor, Jaguar, Falke and iescort the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen through the Channel from Brest ot Germany.

T4, T5 and T12 are sent to the Trondheimfjord.

Escort of heavy cruiers Prinz Eugen by Z25 and Hermann Schoemann. After Prinz Eugen is hit by a torpedo of the British submarine Trident, return to Bergen. Additional escrot is given by T5 and T12.

Arctic Sea operation with battleship Tirpitz: Friedrich Ihn, Paul Jacobi, Hermann Schoemann, Z25, T5 and T12 are used as escorts.

Friedrich Ihn, Hermann Schoemann, Z25, T5 and T12 escort the battleship Tirpitz during its transfer from the Bogenbucht to Trondheim.

Z28, Z30, T5 and T7 escorrt the heavy crusier Admiral Scheer and the Troßschiff Dithmarschen from Trondheim to Narvik.

T5 escorts the mine layer Corba during a mine laying operation at the Fuglöyfjord.