S120 1906
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| S120, 9.1916- T120 | 718 | Schichau, Elbing | 1903 | 10.2.1904 | 5.1904 | discarded 3.1921 | |
| S121, 9.1916- T121 | 719 | Schichau, Elbing | 1903 | 3.3.1904 | 6.1904 | discarded 3.1920 | |
| S122, 9.1916- T122 | 720 | Schichau, Elbing | 1903 | 23.4.1904 | 8.1904 | sunk 5.10.1918 | |
| S123 | 721 | Schichau, Elbing | 1903 | 25.6.1904 | 8.1904 | sunk 1.5.1916 | |
| S124 | 722 | Schichau, Elbing | 1903 | 3.8.1904 | 10.1904 | collision 30.11.1914 |
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Displacement normal, t |
391 |
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Displacement full, t |
468 |
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Length, m |
64.7 oa 64.2 wl |
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Breadth, m |
7.00 |
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Draught, m |
2.63 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
S120-123: 2 VTE, 3 Marine boilers S124: 2 VTE, 3 Normand boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6400 |
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Max speed, kts |
27.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 115 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1500(17) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92, 3 x 1 - 450 TT (5) |
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Complement |
61 |
Project history: Apart from the experimental turbine vessel (another was building at the end of the period), these units, classed as large torpedo boats but, despite their lighter guns, really the equivalent of contemporary foreign destroyers, show a large degree of homogeneity. They all shared the 'trade mark' of the torpedo tube placed before the bridge in a well deck between the raised forecastle and the charthouse. All had two funnels. In fact this design was a combination of the best features of the D9 and the D10, of the German torpedo boat traditional design, and of the British destroyer. The result was a sturdy and seaworthy vessel, not as fast as foreign boats, but probably more useful than most.
Modernizations: 1910s, S120-123: - 1 x 1 - 50/37; + 1 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89 or 1 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08 or 1 x 1 - 88/32 SK L/35 C/01 or 1 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14
Naval service: T122 was sunk by mine 5.10.1918 in the North Sea. S123 was mined in the North Sea 1.5.1916. S124 sank after collision with Danish s/s Anglodane 30.11.1914 in the Baltic Sea, later salvaged and scrapped.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014