D 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1886)
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Two D 1 class divisional torpedo boats were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1887.
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| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| D 1 | Schichau, Elbing | 1886 | 19 Dec, 1886 | 27 Apr, 1887 | Sold 1921 |
| D 2 | Schichau, Elbing | 1886 | 11 Sep, 1886 | 1 May, 1887 | Broken up 1921 |
Contents
Design & Construction
Ungalvanized steel construction[1] with one triple expansion engine and two locomotive boilers.[2]
These two ships were essentially enlarged editions of Schichau's standard torpedo boats meant to serve as flotilla or divisional leaders. Their increased size, roughly two-thirds again as large as the contemporary S 24 class torpedo boats, was used to accommodate the flotilla or divisional commander and his staff, as well as a much heavier gun armament.[3][4]
Performance
They were slightly faster than their S 7, S 24, and S 33 class contemporaries, and their greater size meant they were better seaboats in general.[5]
Armament
As Completed
- Six 37mm Hotchkiss machine guns
- Three 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
Post-1893
- Three 50mm/40 caliber quick-firing guns
- Three 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ D 2 was galvanized after construction commenced.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 166.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 264.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 166.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 157, 166.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 264.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 166.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Gröner, Erich (revised and expanded by Dieter Jung and Martin Maass) (1990). German Warships 1815-1945. Volume One: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
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