German torpedo boat T15

Sister ship T21 at sea, 2 July 1946, en route to be scuttled with her load of poison gas
History
Nazi Germany
Name	T15
Ordered	18 September 1937
Builder	Schichau, Elbing, East Prussia
Yard number	1403
Laid down	3 January 1939
Launched	16 September 1939
Completed	26 June 1941
Fate	Sunk by aircraft, 13 December 1943
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Type 37 torpedo boat
Displacement	888 t (874 long tons) (standard) 1,139 t (1,121 long tons) (deep load)
Length	85.2 m (279 ft 6 in) o/a
Beam	8.87 m (29 ft 1 in)
Draft	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Installed power	4 × water-tube boilers 31,000 shp (23,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × geared steam turbine sets
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	119
Armament	1 × single 10.5 cm (4.1 in) gun 1 × single 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA gun 2 × single 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 30–60 mines

The German torpedo boat T15 was one of nine Type 37 torpedo boats built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in mid-1941, the ship was transferred to Occupied France in December. She helped to escort a pair of battleships and a heavy cruiser through the English Channel back to Germany in February 1942 in the Channel Dash and then was ordered to Norway for escort work. T15 returned to Germany in August where she was assigned to the Torpedo School and U-boat Flotillas as a training ship. The ship was sunk by American bombers in December 1943.