List of minor warships of World War II
This is a list of minor warships of World War II. It contains minor combat vessels that are generally under 1,000 t standard displacement, and includes fast attack craft, submarine chasers, gunboats, missile boats, torpedo boats and patrol boats. It also contains similar vessels, over 1,000 t, such as patrol vessels or patrol ships.[1][2][3][4]
The list of ships of World War II contains military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the World War II, regardless of where they were built or previous service history.
Ship | Country or organization | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
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A4 | Belgian Navy | Mersey | patrol ship | 339 | 1920 | Scrapped 1948 |
Albatros | Kriegsmarine | Type 23 Raubvogel | torpedo boat | 1,290 | 5 May 1927 | Beached 10 April 1940 |
Arteveld | Belgian Navy | patrol ship | 1,640 | Commissioned as Lorelei (Germany) | ||
El Amir Farouq | Egyptian Navy | patrol ship | 1,441 | |||
Falke | Kriegsmarine | Type 23 Raubvogel | torpedo boat | 1,290 | 15 August 1927 | sunk 15 June 1944 |
Fridtjof Nansen | Royal Norwegian Navy | patrol ship | 1,575 | 29 May 1931 | ran aground and sank 8 November 1940 | |
Fu An | Republic of China Navy | gunboat | 1,900 | |||
Greif | Kriegsmarine | Type 23 Raubvogel | torpedo boat | 1,290 | 15 March 1927 | sunk 23 May 1944 |
Hai Chen | Republic of China Navy | gunboat | 2,680 | |||
Hai Chou | gunboat | 2,680 | ||||
Hvidbjørnen | Royal Danish Navy | patrol boat | 1,050 | |||
Iltis | Kriegsmarine | Type 24 Raubtier | torpedo boat | 1,320 | 1 October 1928 | sunk 13 May 1942 |
Ingolf | Royal Danish Navy | patrol boat | 1,180 | became Sleipner (Germany) | ||
Jaguar | Kriegsmarine | Type 24 Raubtier | torpedo boat | 1,320 | 1 June 1929 | sunk 15 June 1944 |
Kondor | Type 23 Raubvogel | torpedo boat | 1,290 | 15 July 1927 | decommissioned 28 June 1944 | |
T1 | 250t class | torpedo boat | 320 | 20 July 1914 | Captured by the Italians in 1941, returned in 1943 and eventually stricken in 1959 | |
T3 | 250t class | torpedo boat | 320 | 23 August 1914 | Captured by the Italians in 1941, captured by Germans in 1943 and eventually sunk by Allies in 1945 | |
T5 | 250t class | torpedo boat | 330 | 25 October 1915 | Captured by the Italians in 1941, returned in 1943 and eventually broken up in 1962 | |
T6 | 250t class | torpedo boat | 330 | 16 April 1916 | Captured by the Italians in 1941, scuttled by crew in 1943 | |
T7 | 250t class | torpedo boat | 330 | 23 November 1916 | Captured by the Italians in 1941, transferred to the Independent State of Croatia navy in 1943 and eventually sunk by Allies in 1944 | |
T8 | 250t class | torpedo boat | 330 | 22 December 1916 | Captured by the Italians in 1941, sunk by Germans in 1943 | |
T13 – T21 | Kriegsmarine | Type 37 | torpedo boats | 1,098 | 1941/1942 |
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Index". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- ^ "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
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