German torpedo boat T6

Right elevation and plan of the Type 1935
History
Nazi Germany
Name	T6
Ordered	15 January 1936
Builder	DeSchiMAG, Bremen
Yard number	935
Laid down	3 January 1937
Launched	16 December 1937
Completed	30 April 1940
Fate	Sunk by mine, 7 November 1940
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Type 35 torpedo boat
Displacement	859 long tons (873 t) (standard) 1,108 long tons (1,126 t) (deep load)
Length	84.3 m (276 ft 7 in) o/a
Beam	8.62 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draft	2.83 m (9 ft 3 in)
Installed power	4 × water-tube boilers 31,000 shp (23,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 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 guns 2 × single 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 30–60 mines

The German torpedo boat T6 was one of a dozen Type 35 torpedo boats built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during the late 1930s. Completed in 1940, she initially escorted ships through the Skaggerak before she was assigned to escort minelayers as they laid their minefields in the North Sea and English Channel in July. T6 started laying her own minefields two months later and was flagship of the 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla when she struck a mine and sank when attempting to attack several convoys off the Scottish coast in November.