The Type 1939 torpedo boats, also known as the Elbing class by the Allies, were a group of 15 torpedo boats that were built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
T-35 in US service, August 1945
The former T35 (as DD-935) running trials off Boston, Massachusetts, 14 September 1945
T24 (foreground) and Z24 under attack, 25 August
HMS Charybdis was a Dido-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War and was sunk with heavy loss of life by German torpedo boats in an action in the English Channel in October 1943.
Charybdis underway, February 1943
Operation Pedestal: 12 August 1942: HMS Indomitable on fire after being bombed. HMS Charybdis is screening the carrier.
A number of bodies washed ashore from the sunken Charybdis were buried in the war cemetery in Saint Saviour, Jersey