German torpedo boat Leopard

Leopard

Leopard at sea, 1934
History
Germany
Name	Leopard
Namesake	Leopard
Builder	Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven
Yard number	114
Laid down	4 May 1927
Launched	15 March 1928
Commissioned	15 April 1929
Fate	Sunk by collision, 30 April 1940
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Type 24 torpedo boat
Displacement	932 long tons (947 t) (standard) 1,319 long tons (1,340 t) (deep load)
Length	92.6 m (303 ft 10 in) (o/a)
Beam	8.65 m (28 ft 5 in)
Draft	3.52 m (11 ft 7 in)
Installed power	3 × water-tube boilers 23,000 shp (17,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × geared steam turbine sets
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	1,997 nmi (3,698 km; 2,298 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement	129
Armament	3 × single 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns 2 × triple 500 mm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes 30 mines

Leopard was the fifth of six Type 24 torpedo boats built for the German Navy (initially called the Reichsmarine and then renamed as the Kriegsmarine in 1935) during the 1920s. The boat made multiple non-intervention patrols during the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. During World War II, she played a minor role in the occupation of Bergen during the Norwegian Campaign of April 1940. Leopard was sunk at the end of the month when she was accidentally rammed by a minelayer that she was escorting.