S.M.S. II (1886)

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II (1886)
Builder: J. S. White, Cowes[1]
Launched: 1886[2]
Commissioned: 1886[Inference]
Fate: c. 1905-1910[3]
Fate: Unknown
S.M.S. II was a second-class torpedo boat completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1886.

Construction

Unlike almost all other German torpedo boats, II was wooden-hulled.[4]

Service

Like all second-class torpedo boats they were only seaworthy in calm conditions.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

  • One 37mm Hotchkiss machine gun
  • One 350mm (13.8-in) torpedo tube, one torpedo

[6][7]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
  2. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
  3. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 154.
  4. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 154.
  5. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 154.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 263.
  7. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 154-155.

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.


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