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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
Royal Yugoslav Navy
Regia Marina
250t class
torpedo boat
320
20 July 1914
Captured by the Italians in 1941, returned in 1943 and eventually stricken in 1959
T3
Royal Yugoslav Navy
Regia Marina
Kriegsmarine
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
Royal Yugoslav Navy
Regia Marina
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
Royal Yugoslav Navy
Regia Marina
Navy of the Independent State of Croatia
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
Royal Yugoslav Navy
Regia Marina
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
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^"US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
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