S66 1896
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| S66, 9.1914- T66 | 499 | Schichau, Elbing | 1892 | 27.4.1893 | 7/1893 | minesweeper 1914, sunk 18.10.1917 |
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Displacement normal, t |
140 |
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Displacement full, t |
172 |
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Length, m |
47.9 |
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Breadth, m |
5.42 |
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Draught, m |
2.74 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 locomotive boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1610 |
|
Max speed, kts |
22.1 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 36 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1560(14) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
|
Complement |
22 - 24 |
Project history: These vessels continued the same process of steady improvement of the basic design begun by their predecessors.
Modernizations: 1902: was reboilered with 1 locomotive boiler
1914: - 1 - 450 TT, 2 x 1 - 450 TT; + mechanical minesweeping gear
Naval service: Most were rebuilt and reboilered in the opening years of the new century. In September 1914 all were redesignated with the letter T beginning their numbers, and were used during the war as minesweepers and as tenders to instructional vessels. T66 was mined in Gulf of Riga 18.10.1917.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014