NAVYPEDIA
Support the project with paypal
HOME
FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
GERMANY
TORPEDO SHIPS
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
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 86 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 98 |
| 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
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.
