G85 1918
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| G85 | 221 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1915 | 24.7.1915 | 12.1915 | sunk 21.4.1917 | |
| G86 | 222 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1915 | 24.8.1915 | 1.1916 | interned 11.1918, scuttled 21.6.1919 | |
| G87 | 223 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1915 | 22.9.1915 | 2.1916 | sunk 30.3.1918 | |
| G88 | 224 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1915 | 16.10.1915 | 3.1916 | sunk 8.4.1917 | |
| G89 | 225 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1915 | 11.12.1915 | 5.1916 | interned 11.1918, scuttled 21.6.1919 | |
| G90 | 226 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1915 | 15.1.1916 | 6/1916 | sunk 11.11.1916 | |
| G91 | 227 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1915 | 16.11.1915 | 7/1916 | interned 11.1918, scuttled 21.6.1919 | |
| G92 | 228 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1915 | 15.2.1916 | 8/1916 | interned 11.1918, scuttled 21.6.1919 | |
| G93 | 229 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1915 | 11.7.1916 | 9/1916 | sunk 30.3.1918 | |
| G94 | 230 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1915 | 1.8.1916 | 10/1916 | sunk 30.3.1918 | |
| G95 | 231 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1915 | 29.8.1916 | 11/1916 | to United Kingdom 8.1920 |
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Displacement normal, t |
960 |
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Displacement full, t |
1147 |
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Length, m |
83.0 oa 82.2 wl |
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Breadth, m |
8.36 |
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Draught, m |
3.50 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Germania steam turbines, 3 Marine boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
24000 |
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Max speed, kts |
33.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 326 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1760(20) |
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Armament |
G85 - 91: 3 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14, 2 x 2 - 500 TT, 2 x 1 - 500 TT (8), 24 mines G92 - 95: 3 x 1 - 105/42 Utof L/45 C/16 or TK L/45 C/16, 2 x 2 - 500 TT, 2 x 1 - 500 TT (8), 24 mines |
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Complement |
87 |
Project history: Mobilization destroyers, saw active service in the war.
Modernizations: 1916, G85-89, 91: - 3 x 1 - 88/42; + 3 x 1 - 105/42 Utof L/45 C/16 or TK L/45 C/16
Naval service: G85 was sunk by British leaders Swift and Broke 21.4.1917 in the Dover Straits. G88 was torpedoed 8.4.1917 by British CMB boat off Flanders coast. G87, G93, G94 (all three 30.3.1918, North Sea), G90 (11.11.1916, Gulf of Finland) were mined; G86, G89, G91 and G92 were scuttled at Scapa, raised and scrapped, G93 became a British war reparation and was scrapped.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014