| History | |
|---|---|
 German Empire | |
| Ordered | 1913 |
| Builder | Schichau-Werke, Elbing |
| Launched | 17 October 1914 |
| Commissioned | 4 January 1915 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 971 tonnes (956 long tons) |
| Length | 79.6 m (261 ft 2 in) oa |
| Beam | 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in) |
| Draft | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 23,500 shp (17,500 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph) |
| Range | 1,100 nmi (2,000 km; 1,300 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 83 officers and sailors |
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A German Großes Torpedoboot cuts through the High Seas Fleet in 1917.
SMS S36 was a 1913 Type Large Torpedo Boat (Großes Torpedoboot) of the Imperial German Navy during World War I, and the 12th ship of her class. She was equipped with of three single mounted 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns and with six 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes, two forward and four aft; twenty-four mines could also be carried. She was launched on 17 October 1914 and commissioned on 4 January 1915. S36 took part in the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in 1915 and the Battle of Jutland in 1916. In late 1916 she served in the English Channel and took part in a number of engagements, including the Battle of Dover Strait during which a British merchant ship and a destroyer were sunk by her Half-Flotilla. She was scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919.