SMS V150 underway c. 1908
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Schichau (S), AG Vulcan (V), Germaniawerft (G) |
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Preceded by | S90 class |
Built | 1906–1911 |
In commission | 1907–1945 |
Completed | 65 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Torpedo boat |
Displacement |
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Length | 70.7 to 74.2 m (231 ft 11 in to 243 ft 5 in) o/a |
Beam | 7.8 to 7.9 m (26 to 26 ft) |
Draft | 2.75 to 3.06 m (9 ft 0 in to 10 ft 0 in) (forward) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 to 32 kn (56 to 59 km/h; 35 to 37 mph) |
Complement |
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Armament |
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The S138 class was a group of sixty-five torpedo boats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) and the Ottoman Navy in the early 1900s. Almost all of the boats served with the German fleet, with only four being sold to the Ottoman Empire in 1910. The German and Ottoman boats saw action in World War I, and several were lost. One Ottoman boat successfully torpedoed and sank a British battleship in 1915. In 1917 and 1918, the German members of the class were all renamed to replace the builder prefix with a standardized "T" prefix. Following Germany's defeat, many of the members of the S138 class were scrapped, either after having been seized as war prizes by the victorious Allied powers or by Germany to comply with the naval disarmament clauses of the Treaty of Versailles. Some boats continued in German service through World War II, after which the surviving vessels were all seized as war prizes.
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