TUMLEREN torpedo boats (1911-1912)

Tumleren 1914

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Tumleren	1919- 19, 1921- C1, 1929- N1	852	Schichau, Elbing, Germany	1910	1911	1911	stricken 1935
Vindhunden	1919- 18, 1921- C2, 1929- N2		Orlogsværftets, København	10.1910	16.12.1911	1912	stricken 1935
Spækhuggeren	1919- 17, 1921- C3, 1929- N3		Orlogsværftets, København	10.1910	7.10.1911	1912	stricken 1935

Displacement normal, t

249

Displacement full, t

271

Length, m

56.4

Breadth, m

5.83

Draught, m

2.16

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Schichau steam turbine, 2 Normand boilers

Power, h. p.

5000

Max speed, kts

27.5

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armament

2 x 1 - 75/52 M.07, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 4 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

33

Project history: First Danish turbine-driven ships. Design was recognised successful, and on its base Germans in days of First World War built many A type torpedo boats for own navy.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Spækhuggeren 1930

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

TORPEDO SHIPS

TUMLEREN torpedo boats (1911-1912)

Displacement normal, t	249
Displacement full, t	271
Length, m	56.4
Breadth, m	5.83
Draught, m	2.16
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 Schichau steam turbine, 2 Normand boilers
Power, h. p.	5000
Max speed, kts	27.5
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 75/52 M.07, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 4 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	33