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KAISERLICHE MARINE (GERMANY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

G137 large seagoing torpedo boat (1907)

G137 1908

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
G137, 9.1916- T137   125 Germaniawerft, Kiel 1905 24.1.1907 7.1907 discarded 3.1921

  

Displacement normal, t

580

Displacement full, t

693

Length, m

71.5 oa 68.5 wl

Breadth, m

7.65

Draught, m

3.22 deep load

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Parsons steam turbines, 4 Marine boilers

Power, h. p.

10800

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

coal 168

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 88/32 SK L/35 C/01, 3 x 1 - 52/52 SK L/55 C/03, 3 x 1 - 450 TT (5)

Complement

81

Project history: This last unit of the G132 group was propelled by an experimental Parsons turbine set consisting of one high-pressure, two low-pressure, one cruising and two reverse turbines. Hull dimensions were therefore increased compared with the VTE boats, as was speed, armament and crew. Coal consumption was 2 tons per hour higher than in the VTE boats, but 40 tons less than in the following VTE boats S138-149.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014