NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Z1		353	Vulcan, Stettin, Germany	1914	26.8.1914	1.1915 // ---	completed for Germany (V105)
Z2		354	Vulcan, Stettin, Germany	1914	26.8.1914	1.1915 // ---	completed for Germany (V106)
Z3		355	Vulcan, Stettin, Germany	1914	12.12.1914	3.1915 // ---	completed for Germany (V107)
Z4		356	Vulcan, Stettin, Germany	1914	12.12.1914	3.1915 // ---	completed for Germany (V108)

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	322
Displacement full, t	421
Length, m	62.6 oa 62.0 wl
Breadth, m	6.22
Draught, m	2.54
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 AEG-Vulcan steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	coal 60 + oil 16
Endurance, nm(kts)	1400(17)
Armament	2 x 1 - 75/37 Krupp No.4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/87, 1 x 2 - 450 TT, 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	46

Standard scale images

Project history

Torpedo boats built for Dutch Navy in Germany as 'very large' (Z- 'zeer groot') and taken over by Germany 10.8.1914 while still on the stocks. Later four repeat units were built in the Netherlands.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.