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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

KÜRASSIER torpedo boats (1896-1902/1940)

NB19 Tarantel 1940

Names

(588) NH... (ex-Hval)

(589) NK04 Kürassier (ex-Delfin)

(79) NH... (ex-Storm)

(80) NB19 Tarantel (ex-Brand), 1942 - V5519 Tarantel

(83) Admiral Deinhard (ex-Laks)

(84) NM16 Balte (ex-Sild)

(85) NH03 (ex-Sael)

(86) NH01 (ex-Skrei), 1942 - V6501

Builders

Schichau, Elbing: ex-Hval, NK04 Kürassier

Marinen Hovedverft, Horten, Norway: ex-Storm, NB19 Tarantel, Admiral Deinhard, NM16 Balte, NH03, NH01

Launched - commissioned

1895 - 1896 // ---: ex-Hval

1895 - 1896 // 11.1940: Kürassier

1.6.1898 - 1900 // ---: ex-Storm

22.9.1898 - 1900 // 9.1940: Tarantel

31.10.1901 - 1902 // 1940: NH01

25.9.1901 - 1902 // 1940: NH03

30.7.1900 - 1901 // 8.1940: Balte

12.7.1900 - 1901 // 4.1940: Admiral Deinhard

Losses

never commissioned: ex-Hval, ex-Storm (latter ran aground 14.4.1940 before commission)

Transfers

Norway, 5.1945: ex-Hval, NK04 Kürassier, Tarantel, NH01, Admiral Deinhard

Discarding

fate of NH03 and Balte is unknown

 

 

Displacement normal, t

German built: 84

Norwegian built: 80

Displacement full, t

German built: 94

Norwegian built: 107

Length, m

German built: 39.9

Norwegian built: 40.0

Breadth, m

German built: 4.80

Norwegian built: 4.90

Draught, m

German built: 2.15

Norwegian built: 2.10

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 water-tube boilers

Power, h. p.

German built: 1000

Norwegian built: 650

Max speed, kts

German built: 17

Norwegian built: 17.5

Fuel, t

coal 17

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 37/42 Hotchkiss, 1 DCR (6)

Complement

23 - 32

Project history: ex-Norwegian torpedo boats. Hval, Delfin, Storm, Brand and Laks were captured 9.4.1940, Skrei sunk 8.5.1940, Sæl 18.4.1940 and Sild 5.5.1940, all three were salvaged by Germans in 1940.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: All except Hval and Storm were returned to Norway in 1945 and immediately broken up.

 

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