Johnny_Wadd
Mongoose
Has anyone cooked up stats for German "T-class" torpedo boats? I was hoping ships of the "destroyer escort" class such as these would be included in the recent write up on costal forces, but there were not.
German Torpedo boats...
- Thread starter Johnny_Wadd
- Start date
How about these?
US “DE” Class Destroyer Escort / Royal Navy “Captain" Class DE
Speed 4”
Turning 3
Target 6+
Armour 2+
Damage 2/1
Crew 5/2
Special Trails: Agile, Sub Hunter, Radar
Weapon / Range / AD / DD / Special
Hedgehog / 4” / 4 / - / Slow loading, automatic kill
Secondary Armament / 8” / 1 / 1 / Weak
AAA / 5” / 1 / - /
Depth Charges / 3” / 4 / 2 / Slow loading
German Type 35/37 Class Torpedo Boat (T1-T21)
(NB: These stats would probably be OK for the 1923/24 classes as well)
Speed 7”
Turning 3
Target 6+
Armour 2+
Damage 2/1
Crew 5/2
Special Trails: Agile
Weapon / Range / AD / DD / Special
Port / Starboard Torpedoes / 10” / 3 / 3 / AP
AAA / 5” / 1 / - /
Depth Charges / 3” / 4 / 2 / Slow loading
German Type 39 Class Torpedo Boat (T22-T36)
Speed 7”
Turning 3
Target 6+
Armour 2+
Damage 3/1
Crew 8/3
Special Trails: Agile, Radar
Weapon / Range / AD / DD / Special
Secondary Armament / 8” / 1 / 1 / Weak
Port / Starboard Torpedoes / 10” / 3 / 3 / AP
AAA / 5” / 1 / - /
Depth Charges / 3” / 4 / 2 / Slow loading
Option: The machinery of the German T boats is often described as "unreliable" so I'd suggest rolling a d6 at the start of each game for each Type 35, 37 or 39 ship; on a roll of 5 or 6 the maximum speed of the ship is reduced by 1, on a 6 it is reduced by 2.
US “DE” Class Destroyer Escort / Royal Navy “Captain" Class DE
Speed 4”
Turning 3
Target 6+
Armour 2+
Damage 2/1
Crew 5/2
Special Trails: Agile, Sub Hunter, Radar
Weapon / Range / AD / DD / Special
Hedgehog / 4” / 4 / - / Slow loading, automatic kill
Secondary Armament / 8” / 1 / 1 / Weak
AAA / 5” / 1 / - /
Depth Charges / 3” / 4 / 2 / Slow loading
German Type 35/37 Class Torpedo Boat (T1-T21)
(NB: These stats would probably be OK for the 1923/24 classes as well)
Speed 7”
Turning 3
Target 6+
Armour 2+
Damage 2/1
Crew 5/2
Special Trails: Agile
Weapon / Range / AD / DD / Special
Port / Starboard Torpedoes / 10” / 3 / 3 / AP
AAA / 5” / 1 / - /
Depth Charges / 3” / 4 / 2 / Slow loading
German Type 39 Class Torpedo Boat (T22-T36)
Speed 7”
Turning 3
Target 6+
Armour 2+
Damage 3/1
Crew 8/3
Special Trails: Agile, Radar
Weapon / Range / AD / DD / Special
Secondary Armament / 8” / 1 / 1 / Weak
Port / Starboard Torpedoes / 10” / 3 / 3 / AP
AAA / 5” / 1 / - /
Depth Charges / 3” / 4 / 2 / Slow loading
Option: The machinery of the German T boats is often described as "unreliable" so I'd suggest rolling a d6 at the start of each game for each Type 35, 37 or 39 ship; on a roll of 5 or 6 the maximum speed of the ship is reduced by 1, on a 6 it is reduced by 2.
IMO the torpedo boats are overstated. Most were small, with almost no armour and a single hit from any naval gun (probably 4", but definitely 6" or above - i.e. secondary weapons in game terms) and they were just match wood. Max 1 hit 1 crew, 1+ armour (gives them a slight chace against weak guns).
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
I thought they were Called "E boats" along the lines of the US "PT boat"
captainsmirk
Mongoose
I think people are thinking about different ships here. The E-boat (or S-boot as the Germans called them) were like the US PT boat and British MTB. But the Germans also had several classes of "Torpedo Boat", built before the war which were basically small destroyers and which I believe are the intended subject of this thread and DM's comments.
Nick
Nick
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/torpedoboats/index.html
looks like they had 8 including the one pland
looks like they had 8 including the one pland
Johnny_Wadd
Mongoose
Thanks, Dm.
That's exactly what I was looking for.
Now I have to convince the local group into allowing me to field them! :wink:
That's exactly what I was looking for.
Now I have to convince the local group into allowing me to field them! :wink:
Faron Bell
Mongoose
DM said:
I thought most US DE's had torpedoes???
