nearly sister ship LM17 1918
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Names |
L14 - 15, 12.1917- LM14 - 15; LM16, 1926- UZ(S)20; LM27, 1926- UZ(S)16; LM28, 1926- UZ(S)17; LM29, 30 |
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Builders |
Max Oertz, Hamburg: L14 - 15, LM16, 27-30 |
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Commissioned |
1917: L14, 15 1918: LM16 1919: LM27, 28 |
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Losses |
BU incomplete: LM29, 30 |
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Transfers |
Columbia, 1933: UZ(17), UZ(20) (B, D) |
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Discarding |
1919: LM15 1.1921: LM14 8.1930: UZ(S)16 |
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Displacement normal, t |
6.8 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
16.5 |
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Breadth, m |
2.42 |
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Draught, m |
0.60 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 Maybach HS petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
720 |
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Max speed, kts |
31.6 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 1600 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 7.9/79, 1 - 450 TT |
| Complement | 7 |
Project history: All boats had aircraft motors. Unlike British boats the German have been armed by one fixed bow TT instead of stern cradles. LM-type boats were used for coast defence, 14 were based on Belgium coast and 7 on Baltic.
Modernizations: 1926, UZ(S)16: engines were replaced by 3 Mercedes-Benz (780hp)
1926, UZ(S)17: engines were replaced by 3 Mercedes-Benz (680hp = 1x260hp + 2x210hp)
1926, UZ(S)20: engines were replaced by 3 Mercedes-Benz (740hp)
Naval service: LM16 was rebuilt to despatch boat Max in 1921 but reverted to Navy as ASW boat in 1926. LM27 and LM28 were never commissioned by the navy, reclassified to auxiliary boats in 1922 and reverted to combat boats in 1926.
LM boats after WW I
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