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KAISERLICHE MARINE / REICHSMARINE (GERMANY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

S176 large torpedo boats (1910-1911)

S176 1912

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
S176, 2.1918- T176   839 Schichau, Elbing 1909 12.4.1910 9.1910 to United Kingdom 9.1920
S177   840 Schichau, Elbing 1909 21.5.1910 2.1911 sunk 23.12.1915
S178, 2.1918- T178   841 Schichau, Elbing 1909 14.7.1910 12.1910 to United Kingdom 8.1920
S179, 2.1918- T179   842 Schichau, Elbing 1909 27.8.1910 3.1911 to United Kingdom 9.1920

  

Displacement normal, t

566

Displacement full, t

781

Length, m

74.2 oa 74.0 wl

Breadth, m

7.90

Draught, m

3.10 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Schichau steam turbines, 4 Marine boilers

Power, h. p.

17600

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

coal 117 + oil 75

Endurance, nm(kts)

1025(17)

Armament

2 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08, 4 x 1 - 500 TT (5)

Complement

84

Project history: Almost identical to the S165-168 group.

Modernizations: 1910s, S176, S178, S179: - 2 x 1 - 88/27; + 2 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14

Naval service: S177 was mined in the Baltic 23.12.1915. S178 was cut on two 4.3.1913 in collision with cruiser Yorck in the North Sea, but parts were salvaged and she was commissioned again in 1915.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014