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. 
 
  

Viktor 
Mellin
 Takes command on July 1940
 Ends command on January 1942  
  

Thilo-Leberecht 
von Trotha
 Takes command on January 1942
 Ends command on November 
1943    

Werner 
Gross
 Takes command on November 1943
 Ends command on May 1945 
     
 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