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KAISERLICHE MARINE (GERMANY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

NR XVIII torpedo boats (1884)

V1 1885

Names

(140) Nr. XVIII, 11.1884- V1

(141) Nr. XIX, 11.1884- V2

(142) Nr. XX, 11.1884- V3

(143) Nr. XXI, 11.1884- V4

(144) Nr. XXII, 11.1884- V5

(145) Nr. XXIII, 11.1884- V6

(146) Nr. XXIV, 11.1884- V7

(147) Nr. XXV, 11.1884- V8

(148) Nr. XXVI, 11.1884- V9

(149) Nr. XXVII, 11.1884- V10, 10.1885- V3

Builders

Vulcan, Stettin: Nr. XVIII - XXVII

Commissioned

8-10/1884: Nr. XVIII - XXVII

Losses

V3 (9.9.1885)

Transfers

None

Discarding

1899: V3

1900: V4, 6

1910: V1, 2, 5, 7-9

  

Displacement normal, t

54

Displacement full, t

61

Length, m

32.8

Breadth, m

3.76

Draught, m

1.84 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

590

Max speed, kts

17.9

Fuel, t

coal 8.5

Endurance, nm(kts) 800(10)

Armament

2 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 2 - 350 TT (bow, 4)

Complement

14

Project history: Steel-hulled 1 class torpedo boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: V3 was damaged in an accident in 1885 and scrapped but her machinery was used in a later boat (A).

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