G 108 Class Torpedo Boat (1901)
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Six G 108 class torpedo boats were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1902.
Overview of 6 vessels | |||||
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Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
G 108 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1900 | 7 Sep, 1901 | 26 Mar, 1902 | Discarded c. 1921 |
G 109 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1900 | 9 Nov, 1901 | 19 Jun, 1902 | Sold 13 May, 1921 |
G 110 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1901 | 9 Sep, 1902 | 21 Jan, 1903 | Discarded c. 1921 |
G 111 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1901 | 2 Apr, 1902 | 21 Jul, 1902 | Sold 13 Jun, 1921 |
G 112 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1901 | 19 Jun, 1902 | 6 Sep, 1902 | Sold 13 Jun, 1921 |
G 113 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1901 | 9 Aug, 1902 | 16 Oct, 1902 | Sold 8 Jun, 1921 |
Design & Construction
The G 108 boats were Germaniawerft's first class of torpedo boats to be built along the same general lines as Schichau's S 90 and her successors.
Steel-hulled and galvanized below the waterline with two vertical triple-expansion engines and three Marine-type boilers.[1]
Performance
Armament
- Three 50mm/40 caliber quick-firing guns
- Four 450mm torpedo tubes, five torpedoes
See Also
Footnotes
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.
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