S42 1913
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| S42, 11.1910- T42 | 403 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 29.5.1889 | 6/1889 | minesweeper 1913, discarded 10.1920 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
123 |
|
Displacement full, t |
153 |
|
Length, m |
44.2 |
|
Breadth, m |
5.00 |
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Draught, m |
2.60 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 locomotive boiler |
|
Power, h. p. |
1420 |
|
Max speed, kts |
22.2 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 18 + oil 5.7 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
1 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 1 - 350 TT (bow, 2), 2 x 1 - 350 TT |
|
Complement |
16 |
Project history: All the boats in the S7-S65 group were adhered to Schichau's standard torpedo boat form, with the maximum breadth of hull well aft, producing a plan that resembled a pear shape.
Modernizations: 1893: - 1 x 5 - 37/27; + 1 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92
1896: reboilered with Marine boiler
1913: - 1 - 350 TT, 2 x 1 - 350 TT; + mechanical minesweeping gear
Naval service: Some of the earliest boats were discarded 1900-1910, becoming target boats or tenders, or just being broken up, but the majority were rebuilt and reboilered. In 1910 the survivors had their designations changed from S to T, to clear the S numbers for new destroyers. During the war they were used as minesweepers.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014