S74 1895
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
S74, 9.1914- T74 | 550 | Schichau, Elbing | 1894 | 7.11.1894 | 10/1895 | minesweeper 1914, discarded 1.1921 |
Displacement normal, t |
157 |
Displacement full, t |
186 |
Length, m |
49.9 |
Breadth, m |
5.50 |
Draught, m |
2.79 deep load |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers |
Power, h. p. |
2500 |
Max speed, kts |
23.7 |
Fuel, t |
coal 40 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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: 1905: was reboilered with 2 Marine boilers
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.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014