In 
Service: 5 May 1927 to 10 April 1940  
 Ordered: Builder: Reichsmarinewerft, 
Wilhelmshaven 
Construction No: 105 
Laid down: 5 October 
1925  
Launched: 15 July 1926 
Commissioned: 5 May 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:       5 May 1927 The torpedo boat Albatros is commissioned. 
 
10 April 1940 The torpedo boat Albatros is sunk after running 
aground. Position 59° 24N 10° 35E.  
 Ernst 
Fischer
 Takes command on 15 May 1928
 Ends command on 28 September 
1928 
 Karl 
von Puttkamer
 Takes command on September 1928
 Ends command on September 
1930 
 Alfred 
Schulze-Hinrichs
 Takes command on October 1930
 Ends command on September 
1932 
 Alfred 
Schemmel
 Takes command on September 1932
 Ends command on December 
1932 
 Hans 
Hartmann
 Takes command on October 1933
 Ends command on October 1935 
 Hubert 
Freiherr von Wangenheim
 Takes command on October 1935
 Ends command 
on September 1936 
 Georg 
Langheld
 Takes command on September 1936
 Ends command on April 1937 
 Hans 
Erdmenger
 Takes command on April 1937
 Ends command on October 1937 
 Heinrich 
Wittig
 Takes command on November 1937
 Ends command on February 1938 
 Herbert 
Max Schultz
 Takes command on November 1938
 Ends command on November 
1939 
 Siegfried 
Strelow
 Takes command on December 1939
 Ends command on April 1940 
 
    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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