page_title: German torpedo boat Luchs
section_title: Construction and career
hierarchical_section_title: German torpedo boat Luchs / Construction and career
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Die feierliche Taufe der 4 neuen deutschen Zerstörer "Tiger", "Lux", "Jagoa" und Leopard", auf der Staatswerft in Wilhelmshaven! Das Zerschellen der Champagnerflasche am Bug des neuen deutschen Torpedoboot-Zerstörers "Lux". Auf der Taufkanzel der Wilhelmshavener Stationschef Vizeadmiral Bauer.
context_page_description: Luchs was the fourth of six Type 24 torpedo boats built for the German Navy during the 1920s. The boat made multiple non-intervention patrols during the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. During World War II, she played a minor role in the Battle of Kristiansand during the Norwegian Campaign of 1940. Luchs was sunk in Norwegian waters in July by either a British submarine or a floating mine.
context_section_description: Luchs was laid down at the Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven (Navy Yard) on 2 April 1927 as yard number 111, launched on 15 March 1928 and commissioned on 15 April 1929. By the end of 1936 she was assigned to the 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla and the boat made several deployments to Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Around June 1938, Luchs was transferred to the 4th Torpedo Boat Flotilla.
caption: The launching of Luchs, 15 March 1928
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