Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 975-1188 t
- Length (Total)
- 78,74-84,65 m
- Length (Waterline)
- 77,94-83,70 m
- Beam
- 8,33 m
- Draft
- 3,40-3,96 m
- Crew
- 83-87
Design and service
The class
This class of German torpedo boats was the largest class of ships of this type build by the German Hochseeflotte. Being the workhorse of the torpedo boat flotillas, they saw intensive action in the North and Baltic sea.
Compared to their predecessors, the Großes Torpedoboot (Design 1911) on which the general design of these boats was based, the Grosses Torpedoboot 1913 was slightly enlarged, their main improvement was the addition of a third 8,8 cm (later 10,5 cm) gun and the doubled number of torpedo tubes. Some boats were modified during the war to transport 1-2 float planes.
Because of their intensive use, many of the boats were lost during the war, either through enemy gunfire or mine hits. The surviving boats were interned at Scapa Flow and scuttled with the other ships of the Hochseeflotte. Most of them were raised and scrapped in the 1920s.
Construction records
Boats of the class
71 boats and their recorded construction details and fates.
71 boats
| Name | Construction | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V25 | Vulkan Stettin, 1913 | 29.01.1914 | 27.06.1914 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 13.02.1915. |
| V26 | Vulkan Stettin, 1913 | 21.02.1914 | 01.08.1914 | Delivered to Britain after World War I, scrapped 1922. |
| V27 | Vulkan Stettin, 1913 | 26.03.1914 | 02.09.1914 | Sunk by British cruisers on 31.05.1916. |
| V28 | Vulkan Stettin, 1913 | 09.05.1914 | 22.09.1914 | Delivered to Britain after World War I, scrapped 1922. |
| V29 | Vulkan Stettin, 1913 | 18.08.1914 | 19.10.1914 | Sunk by torpedo of British destroyer Perard on 31.05.1916. |
| V30 | Vulkan Stettin, 1913 | 18.09.1914 | 16.11.1914 | Sunk after mine hit on its way to Scapa Flow on 20.11.1918. |
| S31 | Schichau Elbing, 1913 | 20.12.1913 | 09.08.1914 | Sunk after mine hit in the Baltic Sea on 19.08.1915. |
| S32 | Schichau Elbing, 1913 | 28.02.1914 | 10.09.1914 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1925. |
| S33 | Schichau Elbing, 1913 | 04.04.1914 | 04.10.1914 | Sunk by British submarine L10 on 03.10.1918. |
| S34 | Schichau Elbing, 1913 | 13.06.1914 | 05.11.1914 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 03.10.1918. |
| S35 | Schichau Elbing, 1913 | 30.08.1914 | 04.12.1914 | Sunk during the Battle of Jutland on 31.05.1916 by British battleship fire. |
| S36 | Schichau Elbing, 1913 | 17.10.1914 | 04.01.1915 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1925. |
| G37 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1914 | 17.12.1914 | 29.06.1914 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 04.11.1917. |
| G38 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1914 | 23.12.1914 | 30.07.1915 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1924. |
| G39 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1914 | 16.01.1915 | 20.08.1915 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1925. |
| G40 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1914 | 27.02.1915 | 16.09.1915 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1925. |
| G41 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1914 | 24.04.1915 | 14.10.1915 | Put out of service in Brügge on 03.10.1918. |
| G42 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1914 | 20.05.1915 | 10.11.1915 | Sunk by British destroyers Swift and Broke on 21.04.1917. |
| V43 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 27.01.1915 | 28.05.1915 | Scuttling at Scapa flow failed, given to US-Navy in 1920. Sunk as target ship by US battleship Florida on 15.07.1921. |
| V44 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 24.02.1915 | 22.07.1915 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1925. |
| V45 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 29.03.1915 | 30.09.1915 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1924. |
| V46 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 23.12.1914 | 31.10.1915 | Scuttling at Scapa flow failed, given to France in 1920. Scrapped in 1924. |
| V47 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 10.06.1915 | 20.11.1915 | Scuttled in Belgium on 02.11.1918. |
| V48 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 06.08.1915 | 10.12.1915 | Sunk during the Battle of Jutland on 31.05.1916 by British battleship fire. |
| S49 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 10.04.1915 | 12.07.1915 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1924. |
| S50 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 24.04.1915 | 15.08.1915 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1924. |
| S51 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 29.04.1915 | 07.09.1915 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, but beached. Scrapped in 1922. |
| S52 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 12.06.1915 | 28.09.1915 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1924. |
| S53 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 18.09.1915 | 17.12.1915 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1927. |
| S54 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 11.10.1915 | 30.01.1916 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, but beached. Scrapped in 1924. |
| S55 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 06.11.1915 | 06.03.1916 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1924. |
| S56 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 11.12.1915 | 16.04.1916 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1928. |
| S57 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 08.01.1916 | 05.05.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the Baltic Sea on 10.11.1916. |
| S58 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 05.02.1916 | 04.06.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the Baltic Sea on 11.11.1916. |
| S59 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 16.02.1916 | 03.07.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the Baltic Sea on 11.11.1916. |
| S60 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 03.04.1916 | 15.08.1916 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, but beached. Scrapped in 1920. |
| S61 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 08.04.1916 | 20.09.1916 | Scuttled in Belgium on 02.11.1918. |
| S62 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 13.05.1916 | 07.11.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 10.07.1918. |
| S63 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 27.05.1916 | 18.12.1916 | Delivered to Italy, renamed Ardimentoso. Scrapped in 1939. |
| S64 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 21.08.1916 | 15.03.1917 | Sunk after mine hit in the Baltic Sea on 18.10.1917. |
| S65 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 14.10.1916 | 22.04.1917 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1924. |
| S66 | Schichau Elbing, 1914 | 21.11.1916 | 09.05.1917 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 10.07.1918. |
| V67 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 03.08.1915 | 20.11.1915 | Scuttled in Belgium on 02.11.1918. |
| V68 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 24.08.1915 | 03.12.1915 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 08.08.1918. |
| V69 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 18.08.1915 | 09.01.1916 | Scuttled in Belgium on 02.11.1918. |
| V70 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 14.10.1915 | 06.01.1916 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1929. |
| V71 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 01.09.1915 | 10.03.1916 | Delivered to Britain, broken down in 1921. |
| V72 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 30.12.1915 | 28.03.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the Baltic Sea on 11.11.1916. |
| V73 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 24.09.1915 | 16.02.1916 | Scuttling at Scapa flow failed, scrapped in 1922. |
| V74 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 29.10.1915 | 28.03.1916 | Scuttled in Belgium on 03.11.1918. |
| V75 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 15.01.1916 | 29.04.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the Baltic Sea on 10.11.1916. |
| V76 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 27.02.1916 | 08.06.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the Baltic Sea on 11.11.1916. |
| V77 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 28.02.1916 | 18.05.1916 | Scuttled in Belgium on 02.11.1918. |
| V78 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 19.02.1916 | 18.05.1916 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1925. |
| V79 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 18.04.1916 | 11.07.1916 | Delivered to France, renamed Pierre Durand. Scrapped 1933. |
| V80 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 28.04.1916 | 06.07.1916 | Scuttling at Scapa flow failed, scrapped in 1922. |
| V81 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 27.05.1916 | 29.07.1916 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised but sunk again on the way to the scrapping place. |
| V82 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 05.07.1916 | 30.08.1916 | Scuttling at Scapa flow failed, scrapped in 1922. |
| V83 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 10.06.1916 | 03.10.1916 | Scuttling at Scapa flow failed, wreck still existing in the late 1980s. |
| V84 | Vulkan Stettin, 1914 | 17.08.1916 | 06.11.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 26.05.1917. |
| G85 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1915 | 24.07.1915 | 14.12.1915 | Sunk by British destroyers Swift and Broke on 21.04.1917. |
| G86 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1915 | 24.08.1915 | 11.01.1916 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1925. |
| G87 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1915 | 22.09.1915 | 10.02.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 30.03.1917. |
| G88 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1915 | 16.10.1915 | 11.13.1916 | Sunk by British torpedo boat on 08.04.1917. |
| G89 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1915 | 11.12.1915 | 10.05.1916 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1926. |
| G90 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1915 | 15.01.1916 | 15.06.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the Baltic Sea on 11.11.1916. |
| G91 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1915 | 16.11.1915 | 22.07.1916 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1924. |
| G92 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1915 | 15.02.1916 | 25.08.1916 | Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1921-22. |
| G93 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1915 | 11.07.1916 | 27.09.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 30.03.1917. |
| G94 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1915 | 01.08.1916 | 26.10.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 30.03.1917. |
| G95 | Germaniawerft Kiel, 1915 | 29.08.1916 | 25.11.1916 | Delivered to Britain, broken down in 1921. |
No matching boat was found.
At a glance
Technical profile
Principal dimensions, armament, machinery and performance.
Armament
- 8,8 cm L/45
- 3 (several boats had 10,5 cm guns)
- 50 cm torpedo tubes
- 6
- Mines
- 12 - 24
Machinery
- Shafts
- 2
- Turbines
- 2
- Type
- various
Performance
- Total Performance
- 23516 - 26300 shp
- Speed
- 32,8 - 36,3 kn
- Range
- 1100-1810 miles at 20 kn
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