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The Elbing-class torpedo boats (or ''Flottentorpedoboot'' 1939) were a class of 15 small warships that served in the Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. Although classed as ''Flottentorpedoboot'' ("fleet torpedo boat") by the Germans, in most respects—displacement, weaponry, usage—they were comparable to contemporary medium-size destroyers. The most notable difference was in the armament of the Elbings being fewer in number and of a slightly smaller caliber — compared to the of contemporary British destroyers such as the "L"- and "M"-classes. Service was either in western France from late 1942-August 1944 or in the Baltic Sea from March 1944 until the end of the war. The design and weapons mix resulted from experience of earlier, more specialised classes such as the Type 35. The ''Elbing''s were a radical change to an all-purpose vessel capable of torpedo attacks, anti-aircraft defence and escort duties. These ships adopted unit machinery with two separate engine rooms and two boiler rooms. Their machinery was however relatively unreliable. They were effective fighting vessels, a notable success being the sinking of the British light cruiser and the escort destroyer by torpedoes, off Brittany in October 1943. The 4th Torpedo Boat Flotilla—''T22'', ''T23'', ''T25'', ''T25'', and ''T26''—had been protecting an important blockade runner though despite their success it ran aground and was lost. Two vessels, ''T25'' and ''T26'', were lost in a similar operation three months later. Three ships—''T22'', ''T30'', and ''T32''—were accidentally lost on 18 August 1943 on a German minefield in the Gulf of Finland. In April 1944 the Canadian destroyer was torpedoed by ''T24''. Construction of the class took place in the Schichau shipyard in Elbing (now Elbląg), hence the Allied name for the class. The first examples were commissioned in late 1942 and the last in late 1944. ==The ships== The ships were unnamed, but numbered ''T22''-''T36''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elbing-class torpedo boat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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