List of minor warships of World War II

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    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.

    List of minor warships of World War II
    Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
    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

    References

    1. ^ "Hulls Listed by Name". Naval Vessel Register. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30.
    2. ^ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
    3. ^ "Index". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
    4. ^ "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.

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