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A50 torpedo boats (1917)
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A55 1917
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A50 | 988 | Schichau, Elbing | 1916 | 8.7.1917 | 8.1917 | sunk 17.11.1917 | |
| A51 | 989 | Schichau, Elbing | 1916 | 16.5.1917 | 7.1917 | scuttled 29.10.1918 | |
| A52 | 990 | Schichau, Elbing | 1916 | 18.1.1917 | 4.1917 | to United Kingdom 9.1920 | |
| A53 | 991 | Schichau, Elbing | 1916 | 3.2.1917 | 4.1917 | to United Kingdom 9.1920 | |
| A54 | 992 | Schichau, Elbing | 1916 | 22.2.1917 | 4.1917 | to United Kingdom 9.1920 | |
| A55 | 993 | Schichau, Elbing | 1916 | 10.3.1917 | 4.1917 | to United Kingdom 9.1920 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 229 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 252 |
| Length, m | 50.0 oa 49.0 wl |
| Breadth, m | 5.62 |
| Draught, m | 2.33 deep load |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 set Schichau geared steam turbines, 1 Marine doubled boiler |
| Power, h. p. | 3250 |
| Max speed, kts | 25 |
| Fuel, t | oil 53 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 690(20) |
| Armament | 2 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08, 1 x 1 - 450 TT, mechanical minesweeping gear |
| Complement | 29 |
Standard scale images
A50 1917
Graphics
A55 1917
Project history
Slightly widened version of the 1915 A II type. A 50 was transferred in sections to Antwerp/Hoboken and finished there; A 51 was transferred by railway in sections to Pola and finished there, later serving as tender to the German submarine flotilla in the Mediterranean.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
A50 was mined 17.11.17 in the North Sea and A51 was scuttled 29.10.18 at Fiume; the others became British war reparations and were subsequently scrapped in the 1920s.
