NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
D3		365	Schichau, Elbing	1887	1.10.1887	5.1888	TS 1916, discarded 12.1920
D4		366	Schichau, Elbing	1887	9.11.1887	10.1888	fishery protection 1906-1910, discarded 12.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	249
Displacement full, t	300
Length, m	57.6
Breadth, m	6.80
Draught, m	3.23 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	2200
Max speed, kts	20.3
Fuel, t	coal 55
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, both: were reboilered with 2 Normand boilers

1914, D4: was reboilered with 2 Marine boilers

Naval service

No significant events.