T14

CountryGermany
Ship Class1937-class Motor Torpedo Boat
BuilderF. Schichau Elbing
Yard Number1402
Ordered18 Sep 1937
Launched25 Jul 1939
Commissioned14 Jun 1941

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T14 Operational Timeline

20 Jul 1942 German 3rd Torpedo Boat Flotilla (T4, T10, T13, and T14) laid two minefields in the English Channel.
1 Aug 1942 German 3rd Torpedo Boat Flotilla (T10, T13, and T14) laid a minefields in the English Channel after sundown and into the next date.
8 Aug 1942 German 3rd Torpedo Boat Flotilla (T10, T13, and T14) began escorting oiler Ermland in an attempt to break out into the Atlantic Ocean.
9 Aug 1942 An message was sent out to Morisini at 2300 hours, informing her that a German ship Uckermark, escorted by torpedo boats T10, T13, and T14, might come across her path in the Atlantic Ocean. She did not respond to this message.
10 Aug 1942 An message was sent out to Morisini informing her that she was to make rendezvous with German ship Uckermark, escorted by torpedo boats T10, T13, and T14 in the Atlantic Ocean at 1000 hours. At 1000, Morisini failed to appear. Three German aircraft in flight in the area searched for her, but failed.
11 Aug 1942 German oiler Ermland successfully broke out into the Atlantic Ocean via the Bay of Biscay, arriving at Royan, France; she was escorted by torpedo boats T10, T13, and T14 of German 3rd Torpedo Boat Flotilla.
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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