Zephir Class Torpedo Steamer (1874)

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Two Zephir class torpedo steamers were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1874.

Overview of two vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Fate
Zephir AG Vulcan 1873 22 June, 1874 13 October, 1874 Stricken 17 April, 1909
Rival AG Vulcan 1873 2 September, 1874 14 December, 1874 Stricken 1884

Design & Construction

The two Zephirs are usually listed with in the same class as Notus, despite being much smaller.[1][2]

Performance

Armament

  • One spar torpedo with 41 kg explosive charges

[3][4]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 262.
  2. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 150.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 262.
  4. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 150.

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).
  • 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.


Zephir Class Torpedo Steamer
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