S74 1895
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| S75, 9.1914- T75 | 551 | Schichau, Elbing | 1894 | 22.1.1895 | 4/1895 | minesweeper 1914, discarded 1.1921 | |
| S76, 9.1914- T76 | 552 | Schichau, Elbing | 1894 | 13.3.1895 | 5/1895 | minesweeper 1914, discarded 1.1921 | |
| S77, 9.1914- T77 | 553 | Schichau, Elbing | 1894 | 6.5.1895 | 7/1895 | minesweeper 1914, discarded 1.1921 | |
| S78, 9.1914- T78 | 554 | Schichau, Elbing | 1894 | 9.4.1895 | 7/1895 | minesweeper 1914, sunk 16.5.1917 | |
| S79, 9.1914- T79 | 555 | Schichau, Elbing | 1894 | 6.7.1895 | 9/1895 | minesweeper 1914, discarded 3.1921 | |
| S80, 9.1914- T80 | 556 | Schichau, Elbing | 1894 | 14.6.1895 | 8/1895 | minesweeper 1914, discarded 1.1921 | |
| S81, 9.1914- T81 | 557 | Schichau, Elbing | 1894 | 30.9.1895 | 3/1896 | minesweeper 1914, discarded 1.1921 |
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Displacement normal, t |
152 |
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Displacement full, t |
180 |
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Length, m |
49.0 |
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Breadth, m |
5.30 |
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Draught, m |
2.85 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 locomotive boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1744 |
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Max speed, kts |
22.3 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 43 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2070(12) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
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Complement |
22 - 24 |
Project history: These vessels continued the same process of steady improvement of the basic design begun by their predecessors.
Modernizations: 1909, all: were reboilered with 2 Marine boilers
1914, all: - 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. T78 was mined in the North Sea 16.5.1917.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014