G 88 Class Torpedo Boat (1897)
From The Dreadnought Project
Two G 88 class torpedo boats were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1897-1898.
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| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| G 88 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1896 | 10 Jul, 1897 | 2 May, 1898 | Sold May, 1921 |
| G 89 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1897 | 19 Feb, 1898 | 18 Aug, 1898 | Sold May, 1921 |
Contents
Design & Construction
These were the first torpedo boats ordered by the German Navy from Germaniawerft since the early 1880s.
Performance
Armament
As Completed
- One 50mm/40 caliber quick-firing gun
- Three 450mm torpedo tubes
After Refit[2]
- One 50mm/40 caliber quick-firing gun
- Two 450mm torpedo tubes
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 160.
- ↑ Precise date unknown.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 160.
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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