NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
D7		441	Schichau, Elbing	1890	6.5.1891	7.1891	TS 1916, discarded 12.1920
D8		442	Schichau, Elbing	1890	8.6.1891	10.1891	TS 1916, test ship 1917, discarded 12.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	320
Displacement full, t	410
Length, m	59.7
Breadth, m	7.40
Draught, m	3.40 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	3600
Max speed, kts	22.5
Fuel, t	coal 105
Endurance, nm(kts)	2590(14)
Armament	6 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	46

Standard scale images

Project history

These 'division boats', or flotilla leaders, were basically larger versions of the torpedo boats they were intended to lead, with a similar armament and speed, but of a larger size in order to accommodate the extra staff needed. The most interesting design was the last, D9, which had the beginnings of the 'trawler bow', a raised forecastle which did not extend back as far as the bridge.

Modernizations

1893, both: - 6 x 5 - 37/17; + 3 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92

1907, D7; 1910, D8: were reboilered with 2 Marine boilers

Naval service

No significant events.