NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
D2, 8.1887- D1		324	Schichau, Elbing	1886	19.12.1886	4.1887	yacht 5.1905-8/1914, discarded 8.1921
D1, 8.1887- D2		325	Schichau, Elbing	1886	11.9.1886	5.1887	yacht 3.1902-8/1914, discarded 12.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	249
Displacement full, t	300
Length, m	56.1
Breadth, m	6.60
Draught, m	3.40 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	2000
Max speed, kts	20.6
Fuel, t	coal 56
Endurance, nm(kts)	1940(14)
Armament	6 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 1 - 350 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 350 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

1900-1901, both: were reboilered with 2 new locomotive boilers

1909, D2: was reboilered with 2 Marine boilers

Naval service

D1 and D2 were converted to yachts for the Baltic and North Sea stations respectively, being named Carmen (1905) and Alice Roosevelt (1902). They were converted back for more warlike duties in 1914, and with the others were used for coastal defence patrols or training tasks, being finally discarded in 1920-21.