T11

Torpedo Boat

Service Data

In Service: 7 May 1940 to 7 October 1951

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: Deschimag, Bremen
Construction No: 938
Laid down: 1 July 1938
Launched: 1 March 1939
Commissioned: 7 May 1940

Technical Data

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
1 × 4 cm L/56 Flak 28 after 1944
2 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
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:

History

Career

7 May 1940
The T11 is commissioned.

2 April 1945
The T11 is in collision with R 256 and subsequently R 256 is sunk due to the severity of the damage, East of Bornholm.
Position 53� 07N 14� 56E.

1945
The T11 is seized as a prize of war by the British.

1946
The T11 is renamed Bir Hakeim.

7 October 1951
The Bir Hakeim is broken up, and scrapped.

Commanders

August Hoepner
Takes command on August 1940
Ends command on April 1941


Konrad Sommerlatt
Takes command on March 1942
Ends command on December 1942


Meentzen
Takes command on May 1943
Ends command on November 1943


Brunk
Takes command on November 1943
Ends command on December 1944

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Sources

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

For a complete list of sources