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<div name=fredbot:career> {{ShipCareer|fullname=S.M.S. ''D 5'' (1888)|comm=17 Apr, 1889{{GronerWarships1|p. 167}} |fatedate=1921{{GronerWarships1|p. 167}} |order= |workno=382{{GronerWarships1|p. 166}} |strick=7 Dec, 1920{{GronerWarships1|p. 167}} |name=D 5 |launch=20 Oct, 1888{{GronerWarships1|p. 167}} |builder=[[Schichau-Werke|Schichau]], Elbing{{GronerWarships1|p. 166}} |laid=1888{{GronerWarships1|p. 166}} |fate=Broken up |fg=white|bg=black}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''S.M.S. ''D 5''''' was one of two [[D 5 Class Torpedo Boat (1888)|''D 5'' Class divisional torpedo boats]] completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]]. ==Construction== ''D 5'' was launched on 20 October, 1888.{{GronerWarships1|p. 167}} ==Service== ''D 5'' commissioned on 17 April, 1889 and served as a torpedo boat flotilla flagship for the next fifteen years.{{GronerWarships1|p. 167}} During the spring of 1900, ''D 5'' was flagship of the ''B. (IV.) Toruedobootsdivifiou.'', an element of the ''I. Torpedobootsflotille''.{{Rangliste1900-05|p. 24}} ''D 5'' was transferred to fisheries protection duties in 1905-1906 and was modernized at [[Schichau-Werke|Schichau]] in 1910, receiving two new Marine-type boilers.{{GronerWarships1|pp. 166-167}} After completing her modernization she became a submarine flotilla flagship, then a submarine training vessel in 1914. ''D 10'' was retained by the Reichsmarine after the Armistice and served in a minesweeping flotilla during 1919 before being stricken on 7 December, 1920 and broken up at Hamburg the next year.{{GronerWarships1|p. 167}} ==Captains== <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of S.M.S. ''D 5''" nat=DE> {{Tenure|rank=Kapitänleutnant|name=Ehler Behring|nick=Ehler Behring|appt=before 8 May, 1900{{Rangliste1900-05|p. 24}}|end=}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_D_5_(1888)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} {{Footer D 5 Class Torpedo Boat (1888)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:D 5}} {{CatShipTorpedoBoat|DE}}

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