NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
D9		543	Schichau, Elbing	1894	3.9.1894	12.1894	TS 1916, discarded 12.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	350
Displacement full, t	458
Length, m	63.0
Breadth, m	7.70
Draught, m	3.73 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 3 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	4200
Max speed, kts	23.5
Fuel, t	coal 106
Endurance, nm(kts)	2600(14)
Armament	3 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	52

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

1910: reboilered with 3 Marine boilers

Naval service

No significant events.