S.M.S. D 9 (1894)

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D 9 was a divisional torpedo boat completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1894.

Construction

Galvanized steel construction with one triple expansion engine and three locomotive boilers.[1] With this ship Schichau introduced the raised forecastle and bridge mounted well back from the bow, features which significantly improved seakeeping and became standard for German-built torpedo boats and destroyers until the end of the First World War.[2][3]

Service

D 9 was commissioned on 29 December, 1894 and nicknamed Sturmvogel (Stormy Petrel).[4]

At the beginning of 1897, D 9 was the flagship of the IV. Torpedobootsdivision.[5]

At the beginning of 1900, D 9 was the flagship of the I. Torpedobootsflottille.[6]

In 1907, D 9 became a minesweeper flotilla flagship. Refitted in 1910 at Schichau, receiving three Marine-pattern boilers.[7]

After the outbreak of war in 1914 she was used for coastal defense duties until 1916 when she became a submarine training vessel. After the war ended she was retained by the Reichsmarine and used for minesweeping duties in 1919. Stricken on 7 December, 1920 and broken up the next year in Hamburg.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

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

[11][12]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 264.
  3. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
  4. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
  5. ↑ Rangliste der deutschen Reichsmarine, 1897. p. 37.
  6. ↑ Rangliste der deutschen Reichsmarine, Mai 1900. p. 24.
  7. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 168.
  8. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 167-168.
  9. ↑ Rangliste der deutschen Reichsmarine, 1897. p. 37.
  10. ↑ Rangliste der deutschen Reichsmarine, Mai 1900. p. 24.
  11. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 264.
  12. ↑ 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 (1897). Rangliste der Kaiserliche Deutschen Marine das Jahr 1897. (Abgeschlossen am 30. November 1896.). Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn.
  • 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.


Divisional Torpedo Boat S.M.S. D 9
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