T16

Torpedo Boat

Service Data

In Service: 24 July 1941 to 13 April 1945

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: F. Schichau GmbH, Danzig
Construction No: 1404
Laid down: 1939
Launched: 23 November 1938
Commissioned: 24 July 1941

Technical Data

Type: Torpedo boat
Class: T1 Class

Displacement: 853 tons standard. 1,098 tons full load
Length: 85.2 m
Beam: 8.87 m
Draft: 3.14 m
Propulsion: 2 × shaft geared Wagner geared turbines producing up to 34,100 shp
Propellers: 2
Speed: 36.6 knots
Range: 1,400 nautical miles at 19 knots
Crew: 155 men and officers
Armament:
1 × 10.5 cm L/45 Tbts C/32
carried 600 rounds
12 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/39
carried 2000 rounds
6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
carried 6 rounds
30 mines
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Operators: Kriegsmarine
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History

Career

24 July 1941
The T16 is commissioned.

13 April 1945
The T16 is attacked by the RAF and badly damaged.

13 April 1945
The T16 is decommissioned due to the air attack.

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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