S.M.S. D 9 (1894)
D 9 was a divisional torpedo boat completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1894.
Construction
Galvanized steel construction with one triple expansion engine and three locomotive boilers.[1] With this ship Schichau introduced the raised forecastle and bridge mounted well back from the bow, features which significantly improved seakeeping and became standard for German-built torpedo boats and destroyers until the end of the First World War.[2][3]
Service
D 9 was commissioned on 29 December, 1894 and nicknamed Sturmvogel (Stormy Petrel).[4]
At the beginning of 1897, D 9 was the flagship of the IV. Torpedobootsdivision.Template:Rangeliste1897
At the beginning of 1900, D 9 was the flagship of the I. Torpedobootsflottille.Template:Rangeliste1900
In 1907, D 9 became a minesweeper flotilla flagship. Refitted in 1910 at Schichau, recieving three Marine-pattern boilers.[5]
After the outbreak of war in 1914 she was used for coastal defense duties until 1916 when she became a submarine training vessel. After the war ended she was retained by the Reichsmarine and used for minesweeping duties in 1919. Stricken on 7 December, 1920 and broken up the next year in Hamburg.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Kapitänleutnant Max Emil Berninghaus, before 1 January, 1897Template:Rangeliste1897
- Oberleutnant zur See Wilhelm Widenmann, before 8 May, 1900Template:Rangeliste1900-05
Armament
- Three 50mm/40 caliber quick-firing guns
- Three 450mm trpedo tubes, four torpedo tubes
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 264.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 167-168.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 264.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
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.
- Marine-Kabinett (1897). Rangliste der Kaiserliche Deutschen Marine das Jahr 1897. (Abgeschlossen am 30. November 1896.). Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn.
- Marine-Kabinett (1900). Rang- und Quartierliste der Kaiserliche Deutschen Marine für das Jahr 1900. Nach dem Stande vom 8, Mai 1900. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn.
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