 Sister ship T35 in US service, August 1945
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| History | |
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 Nazi Germany | |
| Name | T24 |
| Ordered | 10 November 1939 |
| Builder | Schichau, Elbing, East Prussia |
| Yard number | 1483 |
| Laid down | 21 September 1940 |
| Launched | 13 September 1941 |
| Completed | 17 October 1942 |
| Fate | Sunk by air attack, 24 August 1944 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Type 39 torpedo boat |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) o/a |
| Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 3.22 m (10 ft 7 in) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph) |
| Range | 2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement | 206 |
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The German torpedo boat T24 was one of fifteen Type 39 torpedo boats built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in 1942, the boat was briefly assigned to Norway in early 1943 before she was transferred to France in July. T24 was unsuccessfully attacked by Allied motor torpedo boats and aircraft during her voyage down the English Channel and then came to the aid of a convoy being attacked by Allied destroyers. Later that year she escorted blockade runners and Axis submarines through the Bay of Biscay. The boat played a minor role in the Battle of the Bay of Biscay and was lightly damaged during the action of 26 April 1944. During the subsequent battle, T24 sank a Canadian destroyer and was damaged when she later struck a mine. She played a minor role in the Battle of Ushant in June and was then damaged defending a convoy in August in the Bay of Biscay. T24 was sunk off the French coast later that month by Allied fighter-bombers.