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
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
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

[2][3]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 169.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 264.
  3. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 169.

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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