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TORPEDO SHIPS

S138 large torpedo boats (1907-1908)

S138 1909

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
S138, 9.1917- T138   777 Schichau, Elbing 1906 22.9.1906 5/1907 sunk 7.7.1918
S139, 9.1917- T139, 8.1927- Pfeil   778 Schichau, Elbing 1906 12.11.1906 7/1907 dispatch vessel 8.1927, stricken 9.1937
S140, 9.1917- T140   779 Schichau, Elbing 1906 22.12.1906 8/1907 discarded 3.1921
S141, 9.1917- T141, 8.1927- Blitz   780 Schichau, Elbing 1906 7.2.1907 9/1907 dispatch vessel 8.1927, sold 4.1933
S142, 9.1917- T142   781 Schichau, Elbing 1906 6.3.1907 9/1907 discarded 12.1920
S143, 9.1917- T143   782 Schichau, Elbing 1906 6.4.1907 10/1907 stricken 5.1927
S144, 9.1917- T144   783 Schichau, Elbing 1906 27.4.1907 12/1907 stricken 10.1928
S145, 9.1917- T145   784 Schichau, Elbing 1906 8.6.1907 12/1907 discarded 3.1921
S146, 9.1917- T146   785 Schichau, Elbing 1906 27.6.1907 11/1907 stricken 10.1928
S147, 9.1917- T147   786 Schichau, Elbing 1906 3.8.1907 4/1908 discarded 12.1920
S148, 9.1917- T148   787 Schichau, Elbing 1906 11.9.1907 3/1908 stricken 10.1928
S149, 9.1917- T149   788 Schichau, Elbing 1906 19.10.1907 7/1908 stricken 5.1927

  

Displacement normal, t

533

Displacement full, t

684

Length, m

70.2 wl 70.7 oa

Breadth, m

7.80

Draught, m

2.75

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 4 Marine boilers

Power, h. p.

11000

Max speed, kts

30.3

Fuel, t

coal 194

Endurance, nm(kts) 1830(17)

Armament

1 x 1 - 88/32 SK L/35 C/01, 3 x 1 - 52/51 SK L/55 C/03, 3 x 1 - 450 TT (4)

Complement

80

Project history: These boats of the 1906 fiscal year were closely modelled on G137. The significant break between bridge and forecastle made the bridge very wet from sea state 6 upwards and hindered the operation of both guns and torpedoes.

Modernizations: 1914 - 1915, S138 - 141, 145, 147 - 149: - 2 x 1 - 52/51; + 1 x 1 - 88/32 SK L/35 C/01

1914 - 1915, S142, 144: - 3 x 1 - 52/51; + 1 x 1 - 88/32 SK L/35 C/01

1916 - 1917, S146: - 1 x 1 - 88/32, 3 x 1 - 52/51; + 2 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14

1920, T139, 141, 148, 149: - 2 x 1 - 88/32, 1 x 1 - 52/51; + 2 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14

1920, T143: - 1 x 1 - 88/32, 3 x 1 - 52/51; + 2 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14

1920, T144: - 2 x 1 - 88/32; + 2 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14

after 1927, Blitz, Pfeil: were armed with 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/30 only

Naval service: T138 was mined in the North Sea 7.7.1918. S143 foundered 3.8.1914 after boiler explosion but later salvaged and repaired.

S143 1913

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