In Service: 1 June 1928 to 30 April 1940
Ordered:
Builder: Marinewerft
Construction No: 114
Laid down: 4 May 1927
Launched: 15 March 1928
Commissioned: 1 June 1928
Type: Torpedo boat
Class: Predator
Displacement: 933 tons standard. 1,320 tons full load
Length: 92.6 m
Beam: 8.6 m
Draft: 3.52 m
Propulsion: 2 × shaft geared steam turbines,
3 × boilers producing up to 25,500 shp
Propellers: 2
Speed: 35.2 knots
Range: 3,900 nautical miles at 17 knots
Crew: 129 men and officers
Armament:
3 × 12.7 cm L/45 SK C/34
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:
1 June 1928 The Torpedo boat Leopard is commissioned.
30 April 1940
The torpedo boat Leopard escorts the minelayers Roland, Preussen
and Kaiser, Along with, Möwe, Kondor and Wolf, and the
destroyers Richard Beitzen, Bruno Heinemann during the course
of laying mines the torpedo boat Leopard is rammed and lost
by the mine layer Kaiser.
Willy
Wagner
Takes command on August 1929
Ends command on October 1929
Kuno
Schmidt
Takes command on October 1929
Ends command on September 1931
Hans-Joachim
Gloeckner
Takes command on September 1931
Ends command on October 1932
Alfred
Schulze-Hinrichs
Takes command on July 1933
Ends command on September 1933
Heyke
Takes command on September 1933
Ends command on October 1935
Hans
von Davidson
Takes command on October 1935
Ends command on October 1937
Wolf
Henne
Takes command on March 1938
Ends command on April 1938
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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