NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
V162		289	Vulcan, Stettin	1908	9.5.1909	5.1909	sunk 15.8.1916
V163, 9.1917- T163		290	Vulcan, Stettin	1908	24.5.1909	7.1909	to United Kingdom 9.1920
V164, 9.1917- T164		291	Vulcan, Stettin	1908	27.5.1909	8.1909	to United Kingdom 9.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	639
Displacement full, t	739
Length, m	73.9 oa 73.6 wl
Breadth, m	7.85
Draught, m	3.12 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	V162, 164: 2 AEG steam turbines, 4 Marine boilers V163: 2 sets AEG-Vulcan geared steam turbines, 4 Marine boilers
Power, h. p.	15100
Max speed, kts	32
Fuel, t	coal 134 + oil 60
Endurance, nm(kts)	2140(12)
Armament	2 x 1 - 88/27 TK L/30 C/08, 3 x 1 - 450 TT (4)
Complement	84

Standard scale images

Project history

The twelve destroyers of the 1908 fiscal year were distributed amongst three contractors; in this year the Imperial German Navy switched entirely to turbine propulsion for destroyers. The most significant change in the layout was the new position of the three TT, the tube in the prominent break between bridge and forecastle being moved to the after part of the boat. From now on this obvious gap in the boats' silhouettes was narrower. In Some boats it was closed off completely during later refits, thus creating more living quarters.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

V162 was mined 15.8.1916 in the Baltic Sea.