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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 [[F. Schichau|Schichau-Werke]].
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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 [[Schichau-Werke|Schichau]].
  
 
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==Armament==
 
==Armament==
 
===As Built===
 
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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
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

[2][3]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 154.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 263.
  3. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 154.

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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