German torpedo boat Leopard
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Leopard was the fifth of six Type 24 torpedo boats built for the German Navy (initially called the Reichsmarine and then renamed as the Kriegsmarine in 1935) during the 1920s. The boat made multiple non-intervention patrols during the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. During World War II, she played a minor role in the occupation of Bergen during the Norwegian Campaign of April 1940. Leopard was sunk at the end of the month when she was accidentally rammed by a minelayer that she was escorting.
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Leopard at sea, 1934 | |
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Germany | |
Name | Leopard |
Namesake | Leopard |
Builder | Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven |
Yard number | 114 |
Laid down | 4 May 1927 |
Launched | 15 March 1928 |
Commissioned | 15 April 1929 |
Fate | Sunk by collision, 30 April 1940 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Type 24 torpedo boat |
Displacement | |
Length | 92.6 m (303 ft 10 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 8.65 m (28 ft 5 in) |
Draft | 3.52 m (11 ft 7 in) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 1,997 nmi (3,698 km; 2,298 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Complement | 129 |
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