A1 PC 1919
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
A1 PC (ex-A14), 1926- Prince Léopold, 1927- A12 | Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany | 1914 | 22.7.1915 | 7.1915 // 6.1919 | sold 1931 | ||
A2 PC (ex-A12), 1926- A2 Prince Charles | Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany | 1914 | 28.4.1915 | 5.1915 // 6.1919 | sold 1931 | ||
A3 PC (ex-A4), 1926- A3 Princesse Marie-José, 1927- A4 | Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany | 1914 | 26.6.1915 | 6.1915 // 6.1919 | sold 1931 | ||
A4 PC (ex-A5), 1926- A4, 1927- A5 | Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany | 1914 | 5.5.1915 | 5.1915 // 6.1919 | sold 1931 | ||
A5 PC (ex-A8), 1926- A5, 1927- A8, 1931- Oever | Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany | 1914 | 25.4.1915 | 5.1915 // 6.1919 | TS 1931, BU 1939 | ||
A6 PC (ex-A9), 1926- A6, 1927- A9 | Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany | 1914 | 4.8.1915 | 8.1915 // 6.1919 | sold 1931 | ||
A7 PC (ex-A11), 1926- A7, 1927- A10 | Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany | 1914 | 4.6.1915 | 6.1915 // 6.1919 | sold 1931 | ||
A8 PC (ex-A16), 1926- A8, 1927- A16 | Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany | 1914 | 16.6.1915 | 6.1915 // 6.1919 | sold 1931 | ||
A9 PC (ex-A20), 1926- A9, 1927- A20, 1931- West Diep | Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany | 1914 | 27.8.1915 | 9.1915 // 6.1919 | TS 1931, captured by Germany 18.5.1940 (Reiher) |
Displacement normal, t |
109 |
Displacement full, t |
137 |
Length, m |
41.0 wl 41.6 oa |
Breadth, m |
4.60 |
Draught, m |
1.17 normal 1.52 max |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 Marine boiler |
Power, h. p. |
1093 |
Max speed, kts |
19 |
Fuel, t |
coal 24.5 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
900(12.5) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92, 2 x 1 - 450 TT, 4 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear |
Complement |
28 |
Project history: Coastal torpedo boats, ordered by Kaiserliche Marine for operations off coast of Flanders. All were transferred to Belgium in 1919.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: West Diep was captured by German troops at Antwerp 18.5.1940 and used by Kriegsmarine as Reiher, later Warendorp, till capitulation. She was returned to Belgium in 1945 and broken up in 1948.
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