S43 1914
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| S43, 11.1910- T43 | 404 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 17.6.1889 | 8/1889 | minesweeper 1913, sunk 7.10.1915 | |
| S44, 11.1910- T44 | 405 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 30.10.1889 | 12/1889 | minesweeper 1913, discarded 10.1920 | |
| S45, 11.1910- T45 | 406 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 12.7.1889 | 9/1889 | minesweeper 1913, discarded 5.1922 | |
| S46, 11.1910- T46 | 407 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 3.8.1889 | 11/1889 | minesweeper 1913, sunk 16.8.1915 | |
| S47, 11.1910- T47 | 408 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 2.9.1889 | 10/1889 | minesweeper 1913, sunk 29.5.1915 | |
| S48 | 409 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 20.9.1889 | 2/1890 | collision 11.4.1896 | |
| S49, 11.1910- T49 | 410 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 30.1.1890 | 3/1890 | minesweeper 1913, discarded 10.1920 | |
| S50, 11.1910- T50 | 411 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 4.11.1889 | 4/1890 | minesweeper 1913, foundered 28.9.1914 | |
| S51, 11.1910- T51 | 412 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 28.11.1889 | 9/1890 | minesweeper 1913, sunk 29.5.1915 | |
| S52, 11.1910- T52 | 413 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 20.12.1889 | 9/1890 | minesweeper 1913, sunk 8.8.1915 | |
| S53, 11.1910- T53 | 414 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 18.1.1890 | 9/1890 | minesweeper 1913, discarded 10.1920 | |
| S54, 11.1910- T54 | 415 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 30.1.1890 | 8/1890 | minesweeper 1913, sunk 6.10.1917 | |
| S55, 11.1910- T55 | 416 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 19.2.1890 | 11/1890 | minesweeper 1913, discarded 10.1920 | |
| S56, 11.1910- T56 | 417 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 2.4.1890 | 10/1890 | minesweeper 1913, wrecked 16.10.1917 | |
| S57, 11.1910- T57 | 418 | Schichau, Elbing | 1889 | 9.6.1890 | 10/1890 | minesweeper 1913, sunk 5.4.1915 |
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Displacement normal, t |
127 |
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Displacement full, t |
152 |
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Length, m |
44.2 |
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Breadth, m |
5.00 |
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Draught, m |
2.70 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 locomotive boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
1571 |
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Max speed, kts |
21.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 30 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2160(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 1 - 350 TT (bow, 2), 2 x 1 - 350 TT |
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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, all: - 1 x 5 - 37/27; + 1 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92
1909, S49, S51, S53-S56; 1910, S46, S47; 1913, T43, T44: reboilered with Marine boiler
1913, all survived: - 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. T43 was struck by mine 7.10.1915 in North Sea. T46 sank on mine 16.8.1915 on Baltic, T47 and T51 were mined there 29.5.1915. S48 collided 11.4.1896 with sister-ship S46 in Jade and sunk. T50 foundered in storm 28.9.1914 on Baltic. T52 was mined on Baltic 8.8.1915, T54 was mined there 6.10.1917. T56 wrecked on Baltic 16.10.1917. T57 was mined on Baltic 5.4.1915.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014