Motor Torpedo Boat T19

T19

Country	Germany
Ship Class	1937-class Motor Torpedo Boat
Builder	F. Schichau Elbing
Yard Number	1444
Ordered	10 May 1938
Launched	20 Jul 1940
Commissioned	18 Dec 1941

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13 Oct 1942

German auxiliary cruiser Komet departed Le Havre, France, escorted by German 3rd Torpedo Boat Flotilla (T4, T10, T14, and T19), attempting to break out into the Atlantic Ocean.

14 Oct 1942

A British force consisted of five destroyers and eight torpedo boats intercepted a German attempt to break auxiliary cruiser Komet into the Atlantic Ocean via the English Channel. Komet was sunk northeast of Cherbourg, France; all aboard were killed in the sinking. Of the German escorts (torpedo boats T4, T10, T14, and T19), T10 was damaged after being hit by six shells, one of which detonating a depth charge; 11 were killed and 11 were wounded.

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