In Service: 15 March 1927 to 23 May 1944
Ordered:
Builder: Reichsmarinewerft,
Wilhelmshaven
Construction No: 104
Laid down: 5 October 1925
Launched: 15 July 1926
Commissioned: 15 March 1927
Type: Torpedo boat
Class: Raptor
Displacement: 924 tons standard 1,290 tons full load
Length: 88.5 m
Beam: 8.3 m
Draft: 3.65 m
Propulsion: 2 × shaft geared steam turbines,
3 × boilers producing up to 24,829 shp
Propellers: 2
Speed: 33.6 knots
Range: 3,600 nautical miles at 17 knots
Crew: 129 men and officers
Armament:
3 × 10.5 cm L/45 Tbts C/32
carried 300 rounds
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried 8000 rounds
2 × 2 cm Flak L/65 C/39 before 1941
4 × 2 cm Flak L/65 C/39 after 1941
carried 8000 rounds
6 × 50 cm torpedo tubes before 1931
6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes after 1931
30 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: Torpedo boats
Articles:
15 March 1927
The torpedo boat Greif is commissioned.
9 May 1940
The torpedo boat Greif escorts the minelayers, Kaiser, Preussen,
Roland and Corba, Along with destroyers Bruno Heinemann, Richard
Beitzen and Hermann Schoemann and three S-boats during the
course of operation British aircraft are detected and the
operation cancelled.
23 May 1944
The torpedo boat Greif is attacked by aircraft and then collids
with the torpedo boat Falke while on tow and sinks. Position
49° 21N 00° 19W.
Wilhelm
Meendsen-Bohlken
Takes command on March 1927
Ends command on October 1928
Werner
Ehrhardt
Takes command on February 1929
Ends command on September 1930
Winfried
Hagen
Takes command on September 1930
Ends command on September 1931
Alfred
Schemmel
Takes command on December 1932
Ends command on February 1934
Alwin Albrecht
Takes command on February 1934
Ends command on September 1934
Manfred
Fuhrke
Takes command on September 1934
Ends command on October 1936
Wolf
Henne
Takes command on October 1936
Ends command on September 1938
Wilhelm Verlohr
Takes command on November 1938
Ends command on November 1939
Wilhelm
Nickolaus von Lyncker
Takes command on November 1939
Ends command on October 1940
Heinrich
Hoffman
Takes command on October 1940
Ends command on December 1941
Joachim
Schramm
Takes command on December 1941
Ends command on January 1942
Hans
Kolbe
Takes command on January 1942
Ends command on August 1942
Werner
Fuchs
Takes command on October 1942
Ends command on July 1943
Walter Lüdde-Neurath
Takes command on September 1943
Ends command on October 1943
Werner
Fuchs
Takes command on October 1943
Ends command on March 1944
Horst
Freiherr von Lüttitz
Takes command on March 1944
Ends command on May 1944
German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
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