G169 1918
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| G169, 9.1917- T169 | 138 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1908 | 29.12.1908 | 4.1909 | to United Kingdom 8.1920 | |
| G170, 9.1917- T170 | 139 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1908 | 3.3.1909 | 7.1909 | discarded 3.1921 | |
| G171 | 142 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1908 | 28.5.1909 | 1.1910 | collision 14.9.1912 | |
| G172, 9.1917- T172 | 143 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1908 | 10.7.1909 | 1.1910 | sunk 7.7.1918 | |
| G173, 9.1917- T173 | 144 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1908 | 28.7.1909 | 1.1910 | to United Kingdom 9.1920 | |
| G174, 2.1918- T174 | 145 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1909 | 8.1.1910 | 7.1910 | to United Kingdom 8.1920 | |
| G175, 2.1918- T175 | 146 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1909 | 24.2.1910 | 12/1910 | stricken 9.1926 |
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Displacement normal, t |
G169 - 172: 670 G173 - 175: 700 |
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Displacement full, t |
G169 - 172: 777 G173: 778 G174, 175: 824 |
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Length, m |
74.0 |
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Breadth, m |
7.90 |
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Draught, m |
G169 - 172: 2.82 G173: 2.78 G174, 175: 3.04 |
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No of shafts |
G169 - 172: 3 G173 - 175: 2 |
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Machinery |
G169 - 172: 6 Parsons steam turbines, 4 Marine boilers G173: 2 Zoelly steam turbines, 4 Marine boilers G174, 175: 2 Parsons steam turbines, 4 Marine boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
15000 |
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Max speed, kts |
32 |
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Fuel, t |
G169 - 173: coal 125 + oil 84 G174, 175: coal 145 + oil 80 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
G169 - 172: 1250(17) G173: 1280(17) G174, 175: 920(17) |
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Armament |
G169 - 173: 2 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08, 3 x 1 - 450 TT (4) G174, 175: 2 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08, 4 x 1 - 500 TT (5) |
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Complement |
84 |
Project history: These Germania boats had the same hull but different turbine systems and therefore different funnel positions. Unusually for German practice part of them had 3 shafts. G 169-G 173 belonged to the last group of the 1908 fiscal year, and the remaining two to the 1909 programme.
Modernizations: 1916 - 1917, G170, 172 - 175: - 2 x 1 - 88/27; + 2 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14
Naval service: G171 collided 14.9.1912 with battleship Zähringen in the North Sea and sunk. T172 was mined in the North Sea 7.7.1918.
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