S.M.S. Th 1 (1884)

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Th 1 (1884)
Builder: Thornycroft, Chiswick[1]
Launched: 13 June, 1884[2]
Commissioned: 1 August, 1884[3]
Stricken: 30 January, 1899[4]
Sold: 1900[5]
Fate: Broken up

S.M.S. Th 1 was a first-class torpedo boat completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1884.

Construction

Service

Th 1 was commissioned on 1 August 1884 and used for experimental work and as a harbor torpedo boat.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

  • Two 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
  • Two 37mm Hotchkiss machine guns

[7][8]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 154.
  2. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 155.
  3. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 155.
  4. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 155.
  5. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 155.
  6. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 155.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 263.
  8. 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.
  • Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1861760329. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


First-class Torpedo Boat S.M.S. Th 1
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