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Six '''''S 1'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1884-1885. They were the first of a long line of torpedo craft built by [[F. Schichau|Schichau-Werke]].
Six '''''S 1'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1884-1885. They were the first of a long line of torpedo craft built by [[Schichau-Werke|Schichau]].


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|[[Schichau-Werke|Schichau]], Elbing
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|24 May, 1884
|24 May, 1884
|Broken up 1905
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|[[Schichau-Werke|Schichau]], Elbing
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|12 Jun, 1884
|12 Jun, 1884
|Broken up 1915
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|[[Schichau-Werke|Schichau]], Elbing
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|9 Jul, 1884
|9 Jul, 1884
|Broken up 1921
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|[[Schichau-Werke|Schichau]], Elbing
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|5 Aug, 1884
|5 Aug, 1884
|Sold 1902
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|[[Schichau-Werke|Schichau]], Elbing
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|5 Aug, 1884
|5 Aug, 1884
|Sold 1909
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|5 Aug, 1884
|5 Aug, 1884
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==Armament==
==Armament==
===As Built===
===As Built===
* Two 37mm machine guns
* Two 37mm Hotchkiss machine guns
* Two 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
* Two 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
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Latest revision as of 18:33, 26 April 2018

Six S 1 class torpedo boats were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1884-1885. They were the first of a long line of torpedo craft built by Schichau.

Overview of 6 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
S 1 Schichau, Elbing 24 May, 1884 24 May, 1884 Broken up 1905
S 2 Schichau, Elbing 12 Jun, 1884 12 Jun, 1884 Broken up 1915
S 3 Schichau, Elbing 9 Jul, 1884 9 Jul, 1884 Broken up 1921
S 4 Schichau, Elbing 5 Aug, 1884 5 Aug, 1884 Sold 1902
S 5 Schichau, Elbing 5 Aug, 1884 5 Aug, 1884 Sold 1909
S 6 Schichau, Elbing 5 Aug, 1884 5 Aug, 1884 Sold 1909

Design & Construction

Performance

The S 1s were the best seaboats of the 1884-1885 series of torpedo boats.[1]

Armament

As Built

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

[2][3]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 154.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 263.
  3. ↑ 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.


S 1 Class First-class Torpedo Boat
  S 1 S 2 S 3  
  S 4 S 5 S 6  
<– S.M.S. Th 2 Torpedo Boats (DE) S.M.S. Th 1 –>
<– S.M.S. Y First-class Torpedo Boats (DE) S.M.S. Th 1 –>



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