nearly sister ship LM17 1918
Names |
L7 - 10; 1917- LM7 - 10 |
Builders |
Lürssen, Vegesack: L7 - 10 |
Commissioned |
1917: L7 - 10 |
Losses |
LM7 (1919), LM8 (1919), LM9 (1919) |
Transfers |
None |
Discarding |
1921: LM10 |
Displacement normal, t |
7 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
16.0 |
Breadth, m |
2.40 |
Draught, m |
0.68 |
No of shafts |
3 |
Machinery |
3 Maybach HS petrol engines |
Power, h. p. |
720 |
Max speed, kts |
31.8 |
Fuel, t |
petrol 1 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 7.9/79, 1 - 450 TT (bow, 1) |
Complement | 7 |
Project history: Built by Lürssen after experience with the three foregoing competitive types. They were ordered in May-June 1917 and were intended for the Baltic.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: LM 10 was sold in March 1921, and the others were scuttled in 1919, raised and wrecked on the night of 6.7 November 1921 and the wrecks BU.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014