S.M.S. S 74 (1894)

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S 74 was a torpedo boat completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1895

Construction

Galvanized steel construction with two Thornycroft boilers instead of the typical locomotive boilers.[1] Launched on 7 November, 1894.[2]

Service

Commissioned on 25 October, 1895 and reboilered in 1905.[3] Renamed T 74 on 4 September, 1914 and served throughout the war as a minesweeper and tender. Retained by the Reichsmarine until stricken on 26 January, 1921 and sold on 23 April for 110,000M. Broken up at Wilhelmshaven.[4]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

  • One 50mm/40 caliber quick-firing gun
  • Three 450mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes

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See Also

Footnotes

  1. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 159.
  2. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 160.
  3. German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 159-160.
  4. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 160.
  5. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 159.

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).
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. 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.


Torpedo Boat S.M.S. S 74
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