German torpedo boat T24

Sister ship T35 in US service, August 1945
History
Nazi Germany
Name	T24
Ordered	10 November 1939
Builder	Schichau, Elbing, East Prussia
Yard number	1483
Laid down	21 September 1940
Launched	13 September 1941
Completed	17 October 1942
Fate	Sunk by air attack, 24 August 1944
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Type 39 torpedo boat
Displacement	1,294 t (1,274 long tons) (standard) 1,754 t (1,726 long tons) (deep load)
Length	102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) o/a
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft	3.22 m (10 ft 7 in)
Installed power	4 × water-tube boilers 32,000 shp (24,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × geared steam turbine sets
Speed	33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph)
Range	2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	206
Sensors and processing systems	S-Gerät sonar FuMO 21 radar
Armament	4 × single 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns 2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns 1 × quadruple, 2 × single 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 30–60 mines 4 × depth charge launchers

The German torpedo boat T24 was one of fifteen Type 39 torpedo boats built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in 1942, the boat was briefly assigned to Norway in early 1943 before she was transferred to France in July. T24 was unsuccessfully attacked by Allied motor torpedo boats and aircraft during her voyage down the English Channel and then came to the aid of a convoy being attacked by Allied destroyers. Later that year she escorted blockade runners and Axis submarines through the Bay of Biscay. The boat played a minor role in the Battle of the Bay of Biscay and was lightly damaged during the action of 26 April 1944. During the subsequent battle, T24 sank a Canadian destroyer and was damaged when she later struck a mine. She played a minor role in the Battle of Ushant in June and was then damaged defending a convoy in August in the Bay of Biscay. T24 was sunk off the French coast later that month by Allied fighter-bombers.