TORPEDO BOATS 1924
(Torpedoboote 1924)
Torpedo boat Jaguar.
These torpedo boats were similar to the preceding class except that they were a little bit larger.
They were named after animals of prey and the class known as Raubtier.
TECHNICAL DATA
Displacement: standard 933 mt, full load 1,320 mt.
Dimensions: Waterline length 89 m, overall length 92.6 m, beam 8.65 m, maximum draft 3.5 m, depth 5.2 m.
Armament:
• 3 x 10.5cm/L45 guns (changed to 12.7cm/L45 on Leopard and Luchs in 1932-33)
• 2 x 2cm/L65 guns
• 6 x 50cm torpedo tubes in two triple mounts (changed to 53.3cm in 1931)
• Up to 30 mines.
Propulsion plant: 3 Marine boilers, 2 turbines, 23,000 hp.
Speed: 34 knots.
Endurance: 2,200 nm at 20 knots, 3,900 nm at 17 knots.
Fuel capacity: 380 mt.
Crew: 120.
| Torpedo Boats 1924 |
| Name |
Builder |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
| WOLF |
Marinewerft,
Wilhlemshaven |
08.03.1927 |
12.10.1927 |
15.11.1928 |
Mined north of Dunkerque
08.01.1941 |
| ILTIS |
Marinewerft,
Wilhlemshaven |
08.03.1927 |
12.10.1927 |
01.10.1928 |
Torpedoed north of Boulogne
13.05.1942 |
| LUCHS |
Marinewerft,
Wilhlemshaven |
02.04.1927 |
15.03.1928 |
15.04.1929 |
Torpedoed in North Sea
26.07.1940 |
| TIGER |
Marinewerft,
Wilhlemshaven |
02.04.1927 |
15.03.1928 |
15.01.1929 |
Rammed by destroyer Z3
and sunk east of Bornholm
27.08.1939 |
| JAGUAR |
Marinewerft,
Wilhlemshaven |
04.05.1927 |
15.03.1928 |
15.08.1929 |
Bombed in Le Havre
15.06.1944 |
| LEOPARD |
Marinewerft,
Wilhlemshaven |
04.05.1927 |
15.03.1928 |
01.06.1929 |
Rammed by minelayer Preußen
and sunk in Skagerrak
30.04.1940 |
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