


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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T19 Operational Timeline
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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