In Service: 3 August 1940 to 1991
Ordered:
Builder: Deschimag,
Bremen
Construction No: 939
Laid down: 20 August 1938
Launched: 12 April 1939
Commissioned: 3 August 1940
Type: Torpedo boat
Class: T1 Class
Displacement: 844 tons standard. 1,082 tons full load
Length: 84.3 m
Beam: 8.62 m
Draft: 2.94 m
Propulsion: 2 × shaft geared Wagner geared turbines producing up to 28,200 shp
Propellers: 2
Speed: 35 knots
Range: 1,070 nautical miles at 19 knots
Crew: 119 men and officers
Armament:
1 × 10.5 cm L/45 Tbts C/32
carried 600 rounds
2 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30 after 1944
12 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/39
carried 2000 rounds
3 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
carried 6 rounds
30 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: Torpedo boats
Articles:
3 August 1940
The T12 is commissioned.
27 December 1945
The T12 is seized as a prize of war by the Russians.
1946
The T12 is renamed Podviznyy.
1991
The Podviznyy is sunk.
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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sources