T59
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | 1944-class Motor Torpedo Boat |
Planned Builder | F. Schichau Danzig |
Planned Yard Number | 1448 |
Ordered | 28 Mar 1944 |
Displacement | 1,441 tons standard; 1,823 tons full |
Length | 338 feet |
Beam | 33 feet |
Draft | 12 feet |
Machinery | Four water-tube boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts |
Power Output | 52,000 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 37 knots |
Range | 4,500nm at 19 knots |
Crew | 222 |
Armament | 2x2x10.5cm dual purpose guns, 5x2x3.7cm anti-aircraft guns, 2x3x533mm torpedo tubes, 30x mines |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
This article refers to a planned ship that was not actually built.
ww2dbaseThe order for the construction of torpedo boat T59 was issued to F. Schichau Danzig in 1944, but material delays and then the advancing Soviet troops led to her never having been laid down. In fact, none of her eight sister ships were laid down, either.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia
Last Major Revision: Dec 2023
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