S.M.S. S 42 (1887)
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| S.M.S. S 42 (1887) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Schichau, Elbing[1] |
| Work Number: | 403[2] |
| Launched: | 29 May, 1887[3] |
| Commissioned: | 27 Jun, 1889[4] |
| Stricken: | 26 Oct, 1920[5] |
| Sold: | 6 Jan, 1921[6] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
S 42 was a torpedo boat completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1889.
Construction
Launched on 29 May, 1887.[7]
Service
Commissioned on 27 June, 1889 and reboilered in 1896. She was sunk in a collision with the British merchantman S.S. Firsby on 24 June 1902 in the Elbe estuary (53°56'N, 08°49'E). Five of her crew died in the accident. She was subsequently raised and returned to service as a training vessel.[8]
She was renamed T 42 on 11 November, 1910 and served as a minesweeper and coast defense vessel from 1915 until becoming a tender in 1917, and was retained by the Reichsmarine until being stricken on 26 October, 1920. Sold for 95,000M on 6 January, 1921 and broken up at Wilhelmshaven.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Armament
As Completed
- One 37mm Hotchkiss machine gun
- Three 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
Post-1893
- One 50mm/40 caliber quick-firing gun
- Three 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 157.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 157.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 158.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 158.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p.158.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 158.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 158.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 156, 158.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 158.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 263.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 156.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 156.
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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