Imperial torpedo boat class

Großes Torpedoboot 1916Mob

The mobilization design refined the successful 1913 class for rapid wartime construction.

45 boats listed
Profile drawing for Großes Torpedoboot 1916Mob

Design and service

The class

Being based on the Grosses Torpedoboot 1913, these boats were slightly improved version of them. Their higher freeboard gave those boats a better seagoing capability, keeping the good maneuverability.

Unlike their predecessors, they were equipped with 10,5 cm guns from the beginning, improving their offensive artillery capability.

As most of the boats entered fleet service late in the war, most of them survived the war. Several were used in the French navy until the mid 1930s, most of the others were scuttled at Scapa Flow, raised and scrapped there. At the end of the war, a high number of these boats were still incomplete on German shipyards, they were all scrapped in 1921.

Construction records

Boats of the class

45 boats and their recorded construction details and fates.

45 boats
Construction and fate of the boats in this class
NameConstructionLaunchedCommissionedFate
G96Germaniawerft Kiel, 191516.09.191623.12.1916Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 26.06.1917.
V125Vulcan Stettin, 191618.05.191729.08.1917Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919 failed, scrapped in 1922.
V126Vulcan Stettin, 191630.06.191725.09.1917Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919 failed, given to France and scrapped in 1925.
V127Vulcan Stettin, 191628.07.191723.10.1917Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919 failed, scrapped in 1922.
V128Vulcan Stettin, 191611.08.191715.11.1917Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919 failed, scrapped in 1922.
V129Vulcan Stettin, 191619.11.191720.12.1917Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1925.
V130Vulcan Stettin, 191620.11.191702.02.1918Delivered to France in 1920, renamed Buino, scrapped 1933.
S131Schichau Elbing, 191603.03.191711.08.1917Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1924.
S132Schichau Elbing, 191619.05.191702.10.1917Delivered to the USA in 1920. Used as experimental ship. Sunk as a target ship by battleship Delaware and destroyer Herbert.
S133Schichau Elbing, 191601.09.191721.02.1918Delivered to France in 1920, renamed Chastang, scrapped 1933.
S134Schichau Elbing, 191625.08.191704.01.1918Delivered to France in 1920, renamed Vesco, scrapped 1935.
S135Schichau Elbing, 191627.10.191715.03.1918Delivered to France in 1920, renamed Mazaré, scrapped 1935.
S136Schichau Elbing, 191601.12.191730.04.1918Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1925-1928.
S137Schichau Elbing, 191609.03.191814.06.1918Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1922.
S138Schichau Elbing, 191622.04.191829.07.1918Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1925.
S139Schichau Elbing, 191624.11.191715.04.1918Delivered to France in 1920, renamed Deligny, scrapped 1933.
V140Vulcan Stettin, 191722.12.191718.11.1918Beached at the Danish coast on 08.12.1920.
V141Vulcan Stettin, 191726.03.1918---Completed about 40-60%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
V142Vulcan Stettin, 191725.09.1918---Completed about 40-60%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
V143Vulcan Stettin, 191725.09.1918---Completed about 40-60%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
V144Vulcan Stettin, 191710.10.1918---Completed about 40-60%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
H145Howaldtswerke Kiel, 191711.12.191704.08.1918Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and scrapped in 1925.
H146Howaldtswerke Kiel, 191723.01.191803.10.1918Delivered to France in 1920, renamed Rageot de la Touche, scrapped 1935.
H147Howaldtswerke Kiel, 191713.03.191813.07.1920Delivered to France in 1920, renamed Marcel Delage, scrapped 1935.
G148Germaniawerft Kiel, 1917------Only very few material used to build the ship, scrapped in shipyard in 1919.
G149Germaniawerft Kiel, 1917------Only very few material used to build the ship, scrapped in shipyard in 1919.
G150Germaniawerft Kiel, 1917------Only very few material used to build the ship, scrapped in shipyard in 1919.
S152Schichau Elbing, 191706.06.1918---Completed about 40-50%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
S153Schichau Elbing, 191722.07.1918---Completed about 40-50%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
S154Schichau Elbing, 191715.08.1918---Completed about 40-50%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
S155Schichau Elbing, 191707.09.1918---Completed about 40-50%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
S156Schichau Elbing, 191726.10.1918---Completed about 40-50%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
S157Schichau Elbing, 191703.12.1918---Completed about 40-50%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
V158Vulcan Stettin, 191701.11.1918---Less than 40% completed, scrapped.
V159Vulcan Stettin, 191701.11.1918---Less than 40% completed, scrapped.
V160Vulcan Stettin, 1917n/an/aIncomplete ship sold in 1919, completed as oil storage, sold to Italy in 1921.
V161Vulcan Stettin, 1917------Scrapped on shipyard.
V162Vulcan Stettin, 1917------Scrapped on shipyard.
V163Vulcan Stettin, 1917------Scrapped on shipyard.
V164Vulcan Stettin, 1917------Scrapped on shipyard.
V165Vulcan Stettin, 1917------Scrapped on shipyard.
H166Howaldtswerke Kiel, 191725.10.1919---Completed about 55-60%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
H167Howaldtswerke Kiel, 191726.10.1918---Completed about 55-60%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
H168Howaldtswerke Kiel, 191708.11.1919---Completed about 55-60%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
H169Howaldtswerke Kiel, 191719.10.1918---Completed about 55-60%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.

At a glance

Technical profile

Principal dimensions, armament, machinery and performance.

Dimensions

Size (Max)
1147-1291 t
Length (Total)
82,20 - 85,60 m
Length (Waterline)
81,40 - 83,60 m
Beam
8,35 m
Draft
3,40 - 3,90 m
Crew
105

Armament

10,5 cm L/45
3
50 cm Torpedo tubes
6
Mines
24-40

Machinery

Shafts
2
Turbines
2
Type
various

Performance

Total Performance
22000 - 26500 shp
Speed
32 - 34,6 kn
Range
1440 - 1960 miles at 20 kn

The archive

Models

Ship models in 1/1250 scale.

V125
V125