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Tender (Begleitschiff) "Tsingtau"
Technical Data
| Shipyard | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg | ||
| Built | 1933 - 1934 | ||
| In Commission | 24.09.1934 - 10.05.1945 | ||
| Displacement | 2.490 ts | ||
| Length | 85,00 m | ||
| Beam | 13,50 m | ||
| Draught | 3,90 m | ||
| Propulsion | 2 MAN four-stroke Diesel engines 4.100 HP | ||
| Shafts/Propellers | 2 - 2 | ||
| Speed | 17,5 kn | ||
| Complement | 149 | ||
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Specials
Built as replacement for Tender "Nordsee" as Fleettender. From 3.11.1934 until February 1940 "Tsingtau" was Tender for the 1.S-Flotilla. During Weserübung (Occupation of Norway) "Tsingtau" served as Tender for the 2.S-Flotilla.
After her return to Germany followed very different employments:
| from 05.40 | Schoolship for Cadets at Inspektion des Bildungswesens |
| from 07.40 | Target ship for the 1.Torpedoboatsflotilla |
| from 21.8.40 | Base for S-boats in Rotterdam |
| from 10.40 | Begleitschiff 4. S-Flotilla |
| 41/42 | Begleitschiff 5., 6. und 7 .S-Flotilla |
| 24.6.42 - 07.42 | Begleitschiff 8. S-Flotilla |
| from 07.42 | directly subordinate to F.d.S. |
| from 04.43 | Begleitschiff 9. S-Flotilla |
| from 04.44 | Begleitschiff 2. Schnellboots-Schulflottille |
Whereabouts: Until 1947 at GM/SA; British loot (H.M.S. "Tyne"), 1950 broken up.
Begleitschiff "Tsingtau"; Picture: Archives K. Scheuch
Begleitschiff "Tsingtau" at Kristiansand; Picture: Archives E. Skold
Begleitschiff "Tsingtau" in the finnish cliffs; Picture: H. Bürger