T8

Torpedo Boat

Service Data

In Service: 8 October 1939 to 3 May 1945

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: Deschimag, Bremen
Construction No: 937
Laid down: 28 August 1937
Launched: 10 August 1938
Commissioned: 8 October 1939

Technical Data

Type: Torpedo boat
Class: T1 Class

Displacement: 844 tons standard. 1,088 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
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Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
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Other: Torpedo boats
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History

Career

8 October 1939
The T8 is commissioned.

3 May 1945
The T8 is sunk and later broken up, and scrapped. Position 54° 26N 10° 10.5E.

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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