German torpedo boat T19
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The German torpedo boat T19 was one of nine Type 37 torpedo boats built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in late 1941, she served as a training ship in the Torpedo School until mid-1942 when she was transferred to France. There she laid minefields in the English Channel and escorted Axis blockade runners and U-boats through the Bay of Biscay into the Atlantic Ocean. T19 returned to Germany in late 1943 and became a training ship again for the Torpedo School. She returned to active duty a year later and supported German forces operating in the Baltic Sea. The boat was then assigned escort duties in the Skagerrak around the beginning of 1945, which included covering minelaying missions. In May T19 helped to evacuate troops and refugees from advancing Soviet forces. The boat was allocated to the United States after the war, but she was sold to Denmark a few years later. Unused by the Royal Danish Navy, T4 was scrapped in 1951–1952.
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | T19 |
Ordered | 5 October 1938 |
Builder | Schichau, Elbing, East Prussia |
Yard number | 1446 |
Laid down | 23 September 1939 |
Launched | 20 July 1940 |
Completed | 18 December 1941 |
Fate | Transferred to the United States as war reparations, sold to Denmark, 1947, but never used, scrapped, 1950–1951 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Type 37 torpedo boat |
Displacement | |
Length | 85.2 m (279 ft 6 in) o/a |
Beam | 8.87 m (29 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 119 |
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