V25-class torpedo boat

German torpedo boats in US after World War I. First ship on left is V43 of the Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class
Class overview
Operators Imperial German Navy
Planned71
Completed71
Lost62
Scrapped6
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo boat
Displacement975 tonnes (960 long tons)
Length84.65 m (277 ft 9 in)
Beam8.33 m (27 ft 4 in)
Draught3.40 m (11 ft 2 in)
Complement87
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × floatplane (on V25 briefly)

The V25 class (also known as the Type 1913) was a class of torpedo boat built for the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). It was numerically the largest class ever built for the High Seas Fleet, consisting of 71 ships.[1] Of the class, 32 were sunk during World War I, several to mines in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Of those that survived the war 29 were scuttled with the German fleet at Scapa Flow, one was destroyed by a mine on the way there, four were given to Britain and were not scuttled while one was given to Italy and France.[2]

  1. ^ "Torpedoboats". Kriegsmarine. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  2. ^ Emmerich (2010). "Großes Torpedoboot 1913 ships". German Naval History. Retrieved 9 May 2010.