S126 1906
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| S126, 9.1916- T126 | 737 | Schichau, Elbing | 1904 | 26.11.1904 | 4.1905 | discarded 3.1920 | |
| S127, 9.1916- T127 | 738 | Schichau, Elbing | 1904 | 12.1.1905 | 6.1905 | discarded 3.1921 | |
| S128, 9.1916- T128 | 739 | Schichau, Elbing | 1904 | 25.2.1905 | 7.1905 | discarded 3.1920 | |
| S129 | 740 | Schichau, Elbing | 1904 | 4.3.1905 | 8.1905 | wrecked 5.11.1915 | |
| S130, 9.1916- T130 | 741 | Schichau, Elbing | 1904 | 27.4.1905 | 9.1905 | discarded 3.1921 | |
| S131, 9.1916- T131 | 742 | Schichau, Elbing | 1904 | 25.5.1905 | 10.1905 | discarded 3.1921 |
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Displacement normal, t |
371 |
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Displacement full, t |
482 |
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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 |
2.76 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 3 Marine boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6400 |
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Max speed, kts |
28 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 117 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1080(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, S126-128, 131: - 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
1910s, T130: - 3 x 1 - 50/37; + 2 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14
Naval service: S126 was 17.11.1905 cut in two in collision with cruiser Undine, halves were salvaged in next year, and in 1908 boat was recommissioned. S129 sank after grounding in the North Sea 5.11.1915.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014