Torpedo boat type 35

Torpedo boat type 35

The Type 35 and Type 37 Torpedo boats were small destroyers (German: "Flottentorpedoboot" "Fleet Torpedo Boat") built for the Kriegsmarine between 1939 and 1942. They were designed to exploit a clause in the Washington Naval Treaty, which stipulated that ships under 600 tons standard displacement did not count towards limited tonnages. They did however grow in size to 845 tons standard tonnage. Their primary intention was to produce a seaworthy torpedo craft larger and more heavily armed than a "Schnellboot". These ships fought in the North Sea, English Channel and Baltic Sea. They were not considered very successful, their weak gun armament was disliked and the machinery was unreliable and difficult to repair. They also had relatively poor seakeeping and a weak bridge structure.

General characteristics

*Displacement:
**Type 35 - 845 tons standard, 1,090 tons full load
**Type 37 - 874 tons standard, 1,121 tons full load
*Length
** Type 35 - 84.3 m
** Type 37 - 85.2 m
*Beam
** Type 35 - 8.62 m
** Type 37 - 8.87 m
*Draught
** Type 35 - 2.83 m
** Type 37 - 2.8 m
*Machinery - 2 shaft geared turbines - 4 Wagner type boilers
*Speed - convert|35|kn|km/h|0
*Range -
**Type 35 - convert|1200|nmi|km|-1|abbr=on at convert|19|kn|km/h|0
**Type 37 - convert|1600|nmi|km|-1|abbr=on at convert|19|kn|km/h|0
*Armament
** 1 - 105 mm gun
** 1 - 37 mm gun
** 2 - 20 mm guns
** 6 - convert|21.7|in|mm|0|sing=on torpedo tubes (2x3)
** 30 mines
*Crew - 119

hips

Type 35

Type 37

All these ships were built by Schichau in Elbing

References

* M.J Whitley, Destroyers of World War 2, 1988 Cassell Publishing ISBN 1 85409 521 8
* [http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/torpedoboats/torpedoboot1935/index.html - page on type 35 from German Navy.de]
* [http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/torpedoboats/torpedoboot1937/index.html - page on type 37 from German Navy.de]


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