S.M.S. S 66 (1893)

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S.M.S. S 66 (1893)
Builder: Schichau, Elbing[1]
Work Number: 499[2]
Laid down: 1892[3]
Launched: 27 Apr, 1893[4][5]
Commissioned: 30 Jul, 1893[6]
Mined: 18 Oct, 1917[7]
Fate: off Riga
S 66 was a torpedo boat completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1893.

Construction

Galvanized steel construction. Launched on 27 April 1893.[8]

Service

Commissioned on 30 July, 1893 and reboilered by Schichau in 1902. Renamed T 66 on 4 September, 1914 and used as a minesweeper. Mined and sunk on 18 October, 1917 in the Gulf of Riga (58°18'N, 23°13'E), 17 dead.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

  • One 50mm/40 caliber quick-firing gun
  • Three 450mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes

[10]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 159.
  2. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 159.
  3. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 160.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 264.
  5. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 160.
  6. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 160.
  7. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 160.
  8. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 159-160.
  9. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 159-160.
  10. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 159.

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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