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'''S.M.S. G 137''' was an experimental version of the [[G 132 Class Destroyer (1906)|G 132 class]] with Parsons turbines in lieu of the V.T.E. engines of the preceding units.
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|fg=white|bg=black}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''S.M.S. G 137''' was a [[Torpedo Boat|torpedo boat]] completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1907.
  
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She was renumbered as '''T 137''' in 1916.{{Conways1906|p. 165}}
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==Construction==
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''G 137'' was a modified version of the [[G 132 Class Torpedo Boat (1906)|''G 132'' class]] equipped with an experimental Parsons System 6 turbine engine driven by four Marine-type boilers.{{Conways1906|p. 164-165}}{{GronerWarships1|p. 169}}
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''G 137'' was commissioned on 24 July, 1907.  She became a training boat in 1914 and was overhauled in 1914-1915 at the [[Kaiserliche Werft Kiel|Kiel Navy Yard]].  Renamed ''T 137'' on 27 September, 1916, she served in the postwar Reichsmarine until being stricken on 22 March, 1921 and broken up at Wilhelmshaven after being sold on 28 May, 1921 for 210,000M.{{GronerWarships1|pp. 170-171}}
  
 
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* Three 450mm torpedo tubes, five torpedoes
  
 
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Revision as of 19:06, 14 May 2016

G 137 (1907)
Builder: Germaniawerft, Kiel[1][2]
Yard Number: 125[3]
Ordered: 1905 Programme[4]
Launched: 21 Jan 1907[5]
Commissioned: 24 Jul 1907[6]
Stricken: 22 Mar 1921[7]
Sold: 28 May 1921[8]
Fate: Broken up
S.M.S. G 137 was a torpedo boat completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1907.

Construction

G 137 was a modified version of the G 132 class equipped with an experimental Parsons System 6 turbine engine driven by four Marine-type boilers.[9][10]

Service

G 137 was commissioned on 24 July, 1907. She became a training boat in 1914 and was overhauled in 1914-1915 at the Kiel Navy Yard. Renamed T 137 on 27 September, 1916, she served in the postwar Reichsmarine until being stricken on 22 March, 1921 and broken up at Wilhelmshaven after being sold on 28 May, 1921 for 210,000M.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[12][13]

Guns

  • One 88mm/35 caliber quick-firing gun
  • Two 52mm/55 caliber quick-firing guns

Torpedoes

  • Three 450mm torpedo tubes, five torpedoes

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 164-5.
  2. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 170.
  3. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 170.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 164.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 165.
  6. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 171.
  7. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 171.
  8. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 171.
  9. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 164-165.
  10. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 169.
  11. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 170-171.
  12. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 164.
  13. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 169.

Bibliography

  • 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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