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| − | Six '''''S 1'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1884-1885. They were the first of a long line of torpedo craft built by [[ | + | Six '''''S 1'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1884-1885. They were the first of a long line of torpedo craft built by [[Schichau-Werke|Schichau]]. |
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Latest revision as of 18:33, 26 April 2018
Six S 1 class torpedo boats were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1884-1885. They were the first of a long line of torpedo craft built by Schichau.
| Overview of 6 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| S 1 | Schichau, Elbing | 24 May, 1884 | 24 May, 1884 | Broken up 1905 | |
| S 2 | Schichau, Elbing | 12 Jun, 1884 | 12 Jun, 1884 | Broken up 1915 | |
| S 3 | Schichau, Elbing | 9 Jul, 1884 | 9 Jul, 1884 | Broken up 1921 | |
| S 4 | Schichau, Elbing | 5 Aug, 1884 | 5 Aug, 1884 | Sold 1902 | |
| S 5 | Schichau, Elbing | 5 Aug, 1884 | 5 Aug, 1884 | Sold 1909 | |
| S 6 | Schichau, Elbing | 5 Aug, 1884 | 5 Aug, 1884 | Sold 1909 | |
Design & Construction
Performance
The S 1s were the best seaboats of the 1884-1885 series of torpedo boats.[1]
Armament
As Built
- Two 37mm Hotchkiss machine guns
- Two 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Gröner, Erich (revised and expanded by Dieter Jung and Martin Maass) (1990). German Warships 1815-1945. Volume One: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
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| S 1 | S 2 | S 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S 4 | S 5 | S 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | S.M.S. Th 2 | Torpedo Boats (DE) | S.M.S. Th 1 | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | S.M.S. Y | First-class Torpedo Boats (DE) | S.M.S. Th 1 | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
