| 24-25.06.1940: |
Together with T1
and T8
, T5
escorts a convoy form Fredrikshavn to Horten. |
| 17-20.07.1940: |
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. |
| 23-25.07.1940: |
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. |
| 25-28.07.1940: |
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
. |
| 14-15.08.1940: |
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.
|
| 20-21.08.1940: |
T3
, T5
and T11
escort the Troßschiff Dithmarschen
and the training ship Bremse
from Stavangar to the German Beight. |
| 31.08.-02.09.1940: |
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.
|
| 05.09.1940: |
Mine laying operation near Boulogne in the British Channel together with T8
. |
| 05-06.09.1940: |
The 2. T-Flottilla (T5
-T8
) excecutes a mine laying operation near Dover. |
| 08-09.09.1940: |
The 2. T-Flottilla (T5
-T8
) excecutes another mine laying operation near Dover. |
| 15-16.09.1940: |
The 2. T-Flottilla (T5
-T8
) excecutes another mine laying operation near Dover, the ships are engaged in a battle with smaller British ships. |
| 20-21-09.1940: |
Transferred to Wilhlemshaven, later sent to the Baltic Sea. |
| 30.11-01.12.1940: |
On its way into the Atlantic, the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
is escorted by the torpedo boats T1
, T4
, T5
, T8
, T9
and T12
. |
| 05-06.12.1940: |
The torpedo boats T1
, T5
, T8
and T12
escort the light cruiers Köln
and Nürnberg
during a mine laying operation in the North Sea. |
| 07-08.12.1940: |
The auxiliary cruiser Kormoran
is escorted by T1
, T5
and T12
into the North Sea. |
| 17.01.1941: |
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. |
| 18-19.01.1941: |
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. |
| 25.01.1941: |
Falke
, T5
, T9
and T10
escort the battleships Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau
on their way into the Atlantic. |
| 26-30.01.1941: |
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
.
|
| 03-04.02.1941: |
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
.
|
| 15.08.1941: |
T2
, T4
, T5
, T7,
T8
, T11
and T12
are attached to newly formed 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla. |
| 13-14.09.1941: |
T2
, T5
, T8
and T11
operate at the coast of Ösel and attack Soviet costal batteries. |
| 21-23.09.1941: |
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. |
| 12-13.10.1941: |
The torpedo boats T2
, T5
, T7
and T8
escort the light cruiser Köln
during the operations at Dagö. |
| 10-12.01.1942: |
T5
, T11
and T12
transfer to St. Nazaire via the British Channel. |
| 25-26.01.1942: |
T2
, T4
, T5
, T11
and T12
are transferred from St. Nazaire to Brest. |
27.01.1942:
|
While doing trials in the Biscay, the battleship Scharnhorst
is escorted by T2
, T4
, T5,
T11
and T12
. |
| 03.02.1942: |
Torpedoboats T2
, T5
, T11
and T12
escort the battleship Scharnhorst
during trials in the Biscay. |
| 04.02.1942: |
T2
, T5
, T11
and T12
escort the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
during engine tests und gunnery drills in the Biscay. |
| 05-07.02.1942: |
The afterward torpedo tubes are replacd with a quadruple 2 cm anit-aircraft guns. |
| 08.02.1942: |
Torpedo boats T2
, T4
, T5
, T11
and T12
are relocated to Le Havre. |
| 12-13.02.1942: |
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. |
| 15-20.02.1942: |
T4
, T5
and T12
are sent to the Trondheimfjord. |
| 23.02.1942: |
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
. |
| 06-10.03.1942: |
Arctic Sea operation with battleship Tirpitz
: Friedrich Ihn
, Paul Jacobi
, Hermann Schoemann
, Z25
, T5
and T12
are used as escorts. |
| 12-13.03.1942: |
Friedrich Ihn
, Hermann Schoemann
, Z25
, T5
and T12
escort the battleship Tirpitz
during its transfer from the Bogenbucht to Trondheim. |
| 09-10.05.1942: |
Z28
, Z30
, T5
and T7
escorrt the heavy crusier Admiral Scheer
and the Troßschiff Dithmarschen
from Trondheim to Narvik. |
| 20-21.05.1942: |
T5
escorts the mine layer Corba
during a mine laying operation at the Fuglöyfjord. |
| : |
To be continued.... |
