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The twenty-two torpedo boats of the '''Schichau Class''' were completed between 1886 and 1891.
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The twenty-two torpedo boats of the '''Schichau Class''' were completed for the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] between 1886 and 1891.
  
 
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==History & Design==
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Initially given names, the boats were redesignated with the numbers 19&ndash;40 on 1 April, 1910.
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Ten of the boats were converted to serve as minesweepers in the years immediately before the war.
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==Armament==
 
==Armament==
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* two 37 mm Hotchkiss guns
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* two single 356 mm (14-in) torpedo tubes
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The torpedoes carried only a 45 kg warhead, to a range of 600m at 24 knots.  Such performance would have greatly inhibited the punch of such torpedo boats by 1914.
  
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schichau-class_torpedo_boat}}
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 18:27, 21 January 2022

The twenty-two torpedo boats of the Schichau Class were completed for the Austro-Hungarian Navy between 1886 and 1891.

History & Design

Initially given names, the boats were redesignated with the numbers 19–40 on 1 April, 1910.

Ten of the boats were converted to serve as minesweepers in the years immediately before the war.

Armament

  • two 37 mm Hotchkiss guns
  • two single 356 mm (14-in) torpedo tubes

The torpedoes carried only a 45 kg warhead, to a range of 600m at 24 knots. Such performance would have greatly inhibited the punch of such torpedo boats by 1914.

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography


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