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S7 torpedo boats (1885)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

(256-259) S7 - 10

(260) S11, 11.1910- T11

(261) S12

(262-265) S13 - 16, 11.1910- T13 - 16

(266-268) S17 - 19

(269-271) S20 - 22, 11.1910- T20 - 22

(272) S23

Schichau, Elbing: S7 - 23

8-12/1885: S7-23

S12 (13.3.1908), T21 (16.8.1911)

None

1905: S7, 9, 10, 18, 19, 23

1906: S17

1910: S8

1920: T11, 13-16, 20, 22



100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Names

(256-259) S7 - 10

(260) S11, 11.1910- T11

(261) S12

(262-265) S13 - 16, 11.1910- T13 - 16

(266-268) S17 - 19

(269-271) S20 - 22, 11.1910- T20 - 22

(272) S23

Builders

Schichau, Elbing: S7 - 23

Commissioned

8-12/1885: S7-23

Losses

S12 (13.3.1908), T21 (16.8.1911)

Transfers

None

Discarding

1905: S7, 9, 10, 18, 19, 23

1906: S17

1910: S8

1920: T11, 13-16, 20, 22


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

86

Displacement full, t98
Length, m

37.7

Breadth, m

4.92

Draught, m

2.20 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

725

Max speed, kts

20.4

Fuel, t

coal 17

Endurance, nm(kts)2650(10)
Armament

1 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 1 - 350 TT (bow, 2), 2 x 1 - 350 TT

Complement

16



Standard scale images


<i>S7 </i>1894
S7 1894


Project history

All the boats in the S7-S65 group were adhered to Schichau's standard torpedo boat form, with the maximum breadth of hull well aft, producing a plan that resembled a pear shape.

Modernizations

1893, all: - 1 x 5 - 37/27; + 1 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92

1900, S7-14: were reboilered with new locomotive boiler

1908, S15, 16; 1909, S20-22: were reboilered with 1 Marine boiler

1913, T11, 16, 22: were converted to minesweepers; - 1 - 350 TT, 2 x 1 - 350 TT; + mechanical minesweeping gear

Naval service

Some of the earliest boats were discarded 1900-1910, becoming target boats or tenders, or just being broken up, but the majority were rebuilt and reboilered. In 1910 the survivors had their designations changed from S to T, to clear the S numbers for new destroyers. During the war they were used as minesweepers. Pre-war losses were S2, in a collision at the mouth of the Elbe on 13.3.1908; T21, in a collision with her sister T38 on 16.8.1911.