S.M.S. D 10 (1898)
D 10 was a divisional torpedo boat completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1898.
Construction
Galvanized steel construction with two triple expansion engines and three Thornycroft boilers. Launched by Thornycroft on 24 March, 1898, D 10's overall design was very similar to destroyers built by Thornycroft for the Royal Navy such as the Coquette and the Stag, to the point that Gröner calls her a sister ship of those vessels.[1][2]
Service
D 10 was commissioned on 13 October 1898. She earned the nickname Schlingerpott (Roll Pot). Her fixed bow torpedo tube reduced her seaworthiness and was removed at some point after commissioning.[3][4]
In 1900, D 10 was flagship of the II. Torpedobootsflotille.[5]
D 10 was reboilered in 1906, receiving three Yarrow boilers. The next year she became a tender for the German Navy's submarine acceptance committee. She returned to flotilla flagship duties after the outbreak of war in 1914, this time for U-boat flotillas, and she also undertook coastal defense operations. During 1915, D 10 again became a submarine support vessel, this time as a training ship as well as an acceptance tender. After war's end she was reduced to a barracks ship in 1919, stricken on 28 July, 1922, and broken up before the end of the year at Wilhelmshaven.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Kapitänleutnant Ernst Goette, before 8 May, 1900[7]
Armament
As Completed
- Five 50mm/40 caliber quick-firing guns
- Three 450mm torpedo tubes, three torpedoes
After Refit, date uncertain
- Five 50mm/40 caliber quick-firing guns
- Two 450mm torpedo tubes, three torpedoes
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 264.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 264.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
- ↑ Rangliste der deutschen Reichsmarine, Mai 1900. p. 25.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
- ↑ Rangliste der deutschen Reichsmarine, Mai 1900. p. 25.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 264.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
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.
- Marine-Kabinett (1900). Rang- und Quartierliste der Kaiserliche Deutschen Marine für das Jahr 1900. Nach dem Stande vom 8, Mai 1900. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn.
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