Tiger (ship, 1928)
.jpg) The Tiger TG around 1930
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The Tiger was a torpedo boat of the Reich and Kriegsmarine and belonged to the predator class . The ship sank shortly before the start of World War II after a collision on August 27, 1939.
history
construction
The boat was with the hull number 112 on May 4, 1927 on the naval dockyard in Wilhelmshaven placed on Kiel . The boat ran together with its sister ships Jaguar , leopard and lynx on March 15, 1928 from the stack . Vice-Admiral Iwan Oldekop gave the baptismal address ; the baptism was carried out by Rear Admiral Karl von Bodecker , the last in command of the Tiger gunboat .
In service from 1928 to 1937
After their commissioning on January 15, 1929, the Tigers were required to take test drives until the end of June 1929. The crew came from the decommissioned old torpedo boat V 6 . After completion of the test drives, the Tiger came to the 3rd torpedo boat semi-flotilla, where it served as a guide boat. From April to June 1930, the boat took part in a trip abroad to the Mediterranean , visiting Vigo , Almería , Catania , Split , Lisbon and other cities. In the autumn of 1932 the Tiger sailed in the Baltic Sea and visited Helsinki and Riga . Further training trips followed in Norwegian waters in 1934. On October 1, 1935, the Tiger came to the 3rd T-Flotilla. In September 1936, the boat was sent to Spanish waters for a brief mission, where it took part in the international sea blockade there. This mission was repeated in November / December 1936. In May 1937, the Tiger was the escort boat of the state yacht Grille for its voyage to Kiel , after she had been present at the launch of the Wilhelm Gustloff on May 5 ; Adolf Hitler and his task force were on board the Grille . In June and July 1937 another deployment took place in Spanish waters. After returning to Germany, the boat was decommissioned on July 17, 1937.
In service from 1937 to 1939
On December 10, 1937, the Tiger came back into service, as a replacement for the sea eagles , and took over training tasks for future destroyer crews. In February 1938, the boat was returned to the 3rd T-Flotilla. In March of the same year, together with the Wolf and the Iltis, it replaced the 4th T-Flotilla in Spanish waters. In July 1938 the boat returned to Germany. There the 3rd T-Flotilla was renamed the 6th T-Flotilla. In August 1939 the Tiger took part in the monitoring of shipping traffic in the Baltic Sea.
Whereabouts
The dimmed Tiger collided on August 27, 1939 at 3.15 a.m. with the destroyer Max Schultz southeast of Bornholm and sank within a few minutes to position 55 ° 11 ′ N , 15 ° 50 ′ E . Two crew members lost their lives in the process.
Commanders
| January 15, 1929 to September 1929 | First lieutenant at sea Hans-Joachim Gadow |
| September 1929 to October 1931 | Lieutenant Günther Gumprich |
| October 1931 to September 1933 | Oberleutnant zur See / Kapitänleutnant Friedrichs |
| September 1933 to September 1935 | Oberleutnant zur See / Kapitänleutnant Max-Eckart Wolff |
| September 1935 to July 17 July 1937 | Captain Hugo Förster |
| December 10, 1937 to January 1938 | Lieutenant Günther Wachsmuth |
| February 1938 to August 27, 1939 | Lieutenant Captain Helmut Neuss |
Known crew members
- Max-Eckart Wolff (1902–1988), was from 1957 to 1963 as a flotilla admiral in command of the fleet base
literature
- Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung, Martin Maass: The German warships 1815-1945 . tape 2 : torpedo boats, destroyers, speedboats, minesweepers, mine clearance boats . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1999, ISBN 3-7637-4801-6 , pp. 80-83 .
- Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, Hans-Otto Steinmetz: The German warships . Biographies - a mirror of naval history from 1815 to the present . tape 7 : Ship biographies from the Prussian eagle to Ulan to Lütjens . Mundus Verlag, Ratingen, S. 237–238 (Approved licensed edition by Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg, approx. 1990).
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