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KAISERLICHE MARINE / REICHSMARINE / KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

G7 large torpedo boats

G7 1931

T107 1944

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
G7, 4/1939- T107   Germaniawerft, Kiel 1911 7/11/1911 4/1912 TS 1936, surrendered 5/1945, to USSR 12/1945 (Поражающий <Porazhayushchiy>)
G8, 4/1939- T108   Germaniawerft, Kiel 1911 21/12/1911 8/1912 TS 1936, surrendered 5/1945, to UK 1/1946, BU
G9   Germaniawerft, Kiel 1911 31/1/1912 9/1912 sunk 3/5/1918
G10, 4/1939- T110   Germaniawerft, Kiel 1911 15/3/1912 8/1912 TS 1936, scuttled 5/5/1945
G11, 4/1939- T111   Germaniawerft, Kiel 1911 23/4/1912 8/1912 TS 1936, sunk 3/4/1945
G12   Germaniawerft, Kiel 1911 15/7/1912 10/1912 collision 8/9/1915

  

Displacement normal, t

573

Displacement full, t

719

Length, m

71.0 wl 71.5 oa

Breadth, m

7.56

Draught, m

3.01

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Germania steam turbines, 4 Marine boilers

Power, h. p.

16000

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

coal 110 + oil 80

Endurance, nm(kts) 1150(17)

Armament

2 x 1 - 88/30 SK L/30, 4 x 1 - 500 TT (5), 18 mines

Complement

74

Ship project history: Destroyers differed among themselves by dimensions, architecture of superstructures and machineries.

Modernizations: 1916, all survived: - 2 x 1 - 88/30; + 2 x 1 - 88/45 Tbts L/45

1921 - 1923, all survived: - 2 x 1 - 88/45, 2 x 1 - 500 TT; + 2 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/06; boilers were replaced by 3 new ones, fuel stowage was 156 t of coal and 80 t of oil. Displacement was 660 / 775 t, maximal speed felt to 31.5 kts, endurance 1800(17)nm.

1928 - 1931, all survived: were reconstructed, displacement was 772 / 884 t, dimensions 75.7 wl 76.1 oa x 7.58 x 3.11 m, maximal speed was 30 kts, boilers were converted to oil firing, fuel stowage was 220 t oil, endurance 1900(17)nm.

1937, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 105/45, 1 x 1 - 500 TT; + 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/30, 1 x 2 - 500 TT

Naval service: G9 was mined in the North Sea 3/5/1918. G12 collided 8/9/1915 with V1 in the North Sea and sunk after explosion of torpedo.

T110 was sunk 5/5/1945 by British aircraft at Travemünde. T111 was lost 3/4/1945 during raid of American aircraft to Kiel.

T107 on reparations was transferred to the USSR as Porazhayushchiy.

G8 1918

 

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