Image from the photo album of Oberfänrich Wilhelm Gaul - German Torpedoboot Leopard (Torpedo Boat Leopard) in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. She was commissioned 1st June 1929, refitted with 6 x torpedo tubes in 1931, refitted with 3 x guns 1932-33. Leopard had a crew of 120, top speed 34 knots and carried up to 30 mines. She was rammed by the minelayer Preußen and sunk in the Skagerrak 30th April 1940.

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