Type 40 torpedo boat
The Type 1940 torpedo boats were a group of 24 torpedo boats that were intended to be built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Although classed as fleet torpedo boats (Flottentorpedoboot) by the Germans, they were comparable to contemporary large destroyers. They were designed around surplus Dutch propulsion machinery available after the Germans conquered the Netherlands in May 1940 and were to be built in Dutch shipyards. Hampered by uncooperative Dutch workers and material shortages, none of the ships were completed before the Allies invaded Normandy (Operation Neptune) on June 1944. The Germans towed the three ships that were most complete to Germany to be finished, but one was sunk en route by Allied fighter-bombers and no further work was done of the pair that did ar
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Type 40 torpedo boat
The Type 1940 torpedo boats were a group of 24 torpedo boats that were intended to be built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Although classed as fleet torpedo boats (Flottentorpedoboot) by the Germans, they were comparable to contemporary large destroyers. They were designed around surplus Dutch propulsion machinery available after the Germans conquered the Netherlands in May 1940 and were to be built in Dutch shipyards. Hampered by uncooperative Dutch workers and material shortages, none of the ships were completed before the Allies invaded Normandy (Operation Neptune) on June 1944. The Germans towed the three ships that were most complete to Germany to be finished, but one was sunk en route by Allied fighter-bombers and no further work was done of the pair that did ar
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Das Flottentorpedoboot 1940 wa ...... auch dort nie fertiggestellt.
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The Type 1940 torpedo boats we ...... Germany were scuttled in 1946.
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*4 × single guns
*2 × twin A ...... h charge launchers
*50 × mines
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Line drawing of the Type 40
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*3 × water-tube boilers
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*2 × geared steam turbine sets
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Das Flottentorpedoboot 1940 wa ...... auch dort nie fertiggestellt.
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The Type 1940 torpedo boats we ...... s done of the pair that did ar
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Flottentorpedoboot 1940
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Type 40 torpedo boat
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