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KAISERLICHE MARINE (GERMANY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

G96 large torpedo boat (1916)

very similar G85 1918

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
G96   232 Germaniawerft, Kiel 1915 16.9.1916 12.1916 sunk 26.6.1917

  

Displacement normal, t

990

Displacement full, t

1147

Length, m

84.5 oa 82.3 wl

Breadth, m

8.36

Draught, m

3.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Germania geared steam turbines / 1 set cruising geared steam turbines in one shaft, 3 Marine boilers

Power, h. p.

24000

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

oil 326

Endurance, nm(kts)

2040(17)

Armament

3 x 1 - 105/42 Utof L/45 C/16, 2 x 2 - 500 TT, 2 x 1 - 500 TT (8), 40 mines

Complement

105

Project history: G96, belonging to the 1916 mobilisation type, was an enlarged version of the G85 group, the longer forecastle giving better seaworthiness.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: G86 was lost on a mine 26.6.1917 off Flanders coast.

G96 1916

© Ivan Gogin, 2014