NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
D5		382	Schichau, Elbing	1888	20.10.1888	4.1889	fishery protection 1905-1906, TS 1914, discarded 12.1920
D6		383	Schichau, Elbing	1888	9.2.1889	6.1889	TS 1916, discarded 12.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	300
Displacement full, t	406
Length, m	59.6
Breadth, m	7.40
Draught, m	3.50 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	3200
Max speed, kts	22.6
Fuel, t	coal 98
Endurance, nm(kts)	2310(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

1904, D6; 1910, D5: were reboilered with 2 Marine boilers

Naval service

No significant events.