D 7 Class Torpedo Boat (1891)
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Two D 7 class divisional torpedo boats were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1891.
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| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| D 7 | Schichau, Elbing | 1890 | 6 May, 1891 | 25 Jul, 1891 | Broken up 1921 |
| D 8 | Schichau, Elbing | 1890 | 8 Jun, 1891 | 25 Oct, 1891 | Broken up 1921 |
Design & Construction
Galvanized steel construction with one triple expansion engine and two locomotive boilers.[1]
Performance
Armament
As Completed
- Six 37mm Hotchkiss machine guns
- Three 450mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
Post-1893
- Three 50mm/40 caliber quick-firing guns
- Three 450mm torpedo tubes, four 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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| D 7 | D 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | S 43 Class | Torpedo Boats (DE) | S 58 Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | D 5 Class | Flotilla Leaders (DE) | S.M.S. D 9 | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
