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The dozen "heavy torpedoboats" of the Raubvogel and the very similar Raubtier class were the only destroyers built in Germany between the Great War and 1935; they entered service between 1926 and 1929. Another half-dozen or so antique destroyers, built around 1908, are in service with the Kriegsmarine, mostly as patrol boats, tugs, hulks, etc.

Length 285', beam 27', displacement 1213 tons

Speed: 32 kts from two oil-fired steam turbines; cruise 1800 nautical miles at 17 kts.

Armament: three x 105mm C/32 guns in single wrap-around shields; two x Oerlikon 20mm AA; two triple-tube torpedo launchers (no reloads carried), 30 mines. No ASW equipment that I know of.

Crew: 120 - 129

The Möwe was commissioned in 1926; her captain in 1933 is Kapitanleutnant Jordan. The ship is painted black. 

• The G7a torpedo has a range of 6 km at 44 kts (or 8 km at 40 kts, or 14 km at 30 kts); as a "compressed air" torpedo it leaves a visible trail of bubbles on the way to the target. Warhead, 616 pounds; cost 20,000 marks (about $7500 in 1934).

• The TMA is a moored mine, which means that it is secured by a heavy anchor and a cable attached to the mine. The mine floats at the surface, while the anchor secures its position in the sea (maximum 885'). A single continuous rack along the port side carries all 30 mines. Warhead, 473 pounds.