Torpedoboot 1916 | German Naval History

Design and service

The class

The Torpedoboot 1916 was an improved version of the Torpedoboot (Design 1915), operating at the shallow waters of the Coast of Flanders. In difference to its predecessors, those boats were equipped with two turbine engines like the bigger torpedo boats operating in the North Sea.

The almost 40 boats built were all known as excellent seagoing ships which also proved to be very maneuverable as well.

Several boats were lost because of mine hits during the war, most of the surviving ones were delivered to the allied nations after the war and scrapped in the early 1920. Only a few of them were used for active duty until the mid 1930s.

Construction records

Boats of the class

58 boats and their recorded construction details and fates.

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Construction and fate of the boats in this class
Name	Construction	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
A56	Vulcan Stettin, 1916	28.02.1917	14.04.1917	Sunk on 12.03.1918 after mine hit in the North Sea.
A57	Vulcan Stettin, 1916	28.02.1917	28.04.1917	Sunk on 02.03.1918 after mine hit in the North Sea.
A58	Vulcan Stettin, 1916	31.03.1917	19.05.1917	Sunk on 15.08.1918 after mine hit in the North Sea.
A59	Vulcan Stettin, 1916	13.04.1917	09.06.1917	Given to Poland in 1920, delivered 1921, renamed Slazak, classified as training target ship in 1937. Sunk by German Luftwaffe in September 1939, scrapped 1941.
A60	Vulcan Stettin, 1916	15.05.1917	23.06.1917	Sunk on 23.11.1917 after mine hit in the North Sea.
A61	Vulcan Stettin, 1916	15.05.1917	11.07.1917	Delivered to Britain in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A62	Vulcan Stettin, 1916	08.06.1917	25.07.1917	Delivered to Britain in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A63	Vulcan Stettin, 1916	16.06.1917	11.08.1917	Delivered to France in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A64	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	30.03.1918	08.08.1918	Given to Poland in 1920, delivered 1921, renamed Krakowiak. Scrapped 1938.
A65	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	30.03.1918	24.08.1918	Delivered to Brazil in 1920, scrapped 1922 in Britain.
A66	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	23.06.1918	20.09.1918	Delivered to France in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A67	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	23.06.1918	---	Completed about 75%, scrapped in Hamburg in 1921.
A68	Schichau Elbing, 1916	11.04.1917	13.06.1917	Given to Poland in 1920, delivered 1921, renamed Kujawiak. The ship arrived in Danzig on 28.09.1921 by own machinery. Kujawiak was included into Torpedo Flotilla, in June 1923 visited Libau and Riga, in 1929 -- Copenhagen. Since June 1930 included into Flotilla of Training Fleet as machinery training ship. In April 1932 included into Submarine Flotilla as target ship. In 1936 repaired and refitted as tender. In September 1939 Kujawiak was moored in Jama Kuniecka, where used as fuel storage, and was captured there.
A69	Schichau Elbing, 1916	28.04.1917	04.07.1917	Delivered to Poland in 1920, but in 1921 exchanged with V-105, likely scrapped 1922.
A70	Schichau Elbing, 1916	19.05.1917	23.07.1917	Delivered to Japan in 1920, scrapped 1922.
A71	Schichau Elbing, 1916	09.06.1917	13.08.1917	Sunk on 04.05.1918 after mine hit in the North Sea.
A72	Schichau Elbing, 1916	30.06.1917	01.09.1917	Sunk on 14.05.1918 after mine hit in the North Sea.
A73	Schichau Elbing, 1916	07.07.1917	21.09.1917	Sunk on 20.01.1918 after mine hit in the North Sea.
A74	Schichau Elbing, 1916	04.08.1917	09.10.1917	Delivered to Brazil in 1920, scrapped 1922 in Britain.
A75	Schichau Elbing, 1916	11.08.1917	26.10.1917	Delivered to France in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A76	Schichau Elbing, 1916	01.09.1917	12.11.1917	Delivered to France in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A77	Schichau Elbing, 1916	22.09.1917	27.11.1917	Sunk on 20.01.1918 after mine hit in the North Sea.
A78	Schichau Elbing, 1916	13.10.1917	15.12.1917	Delivered to Brazil in 1920, scrapped 1922 in Britain.
A79	Schichau Elbing, 1916	08.11.1917	27.11.1917	Sunk on 11.07.1917 after mine hit in the North Sea.
A80	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	24.10.1917	21.12.1917	Delivered to Poland in 1920, renamed Góral. Renamed Podhalanin in 1922. Used as a tender since 1937. Sunk by the German Luftwaffe in September 1939, raised, but scrapped.
A81	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	27.11.1917	10.01.1918	Delivered to Brazil in 1920, scrapped 1921 in Britain.
A82	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	23.03.1918	01.06.1918	Used as a fleet tender in the Mediterranean. Taken over by Italy in 1920, scrapped.
A83	Howaldtswerke Kiel, 1917	28.05.1918	---	Completed about 40-60%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
A84	Howaldtswerke Kiel, 1917	19.04.1918	---	Completed about 40-60%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
A85	Howaldtswerke Kiel, 1917	06.06.1918	---	Completed about 40-60%, scrapped in Kiel in 1921.
A86	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	05.02.1918	16.03.1918	Delivered to France in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A87	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	21.02.1918	08.04.1918	Delivered to Brazil in 1920, scrapped 1922 in Britain.
A88	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	02.03.1918	27.04.1918	Delivered to Britain in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A89	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	22.03.1918	14.05.1918	Delivered to Britain in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A90	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	06.04.1918	06.06.1918	Delivered to Britain in 1920, scrapped 1923. Other sources say, that it was delivered to Poland in 1921.
A91	Vulcan Stettin, 1917	27.04.1918	22.06.1918	Delivered to Britain in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A92	Schichau Elbing, 1917	16.03.1918	24.05.1918	Delivered to Brazil in 1920, scrapped 1922 in Britain.
A93	Schichau Elbing, 1917	09.04.1918	18.06.1918	Delivered to Britain in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A94	Schichau Elbing, 1917	27.04.1918	19.07.1918	Delivered to Britain in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A95	Schichau Elbing, 1917	25.05.1918	19.08.1918	Delivered to Britain in 1920, scrapped 1923.
A96	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A97	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A98	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A99	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A100	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A101	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A102	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A103	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A104	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A105	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919. Other sources say, that it was delivered to Poland in 1921.
A106	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A107	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A108	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919. Other sources say, that it was delivered to Poland in 1921.
A109	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A110	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A111	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A112	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.
A113	Vulcan Stettin, 1918	---	---	Scrapped on shipyard after 1919.

At a glance

Technical profile

Principal dimensions, armament, machinery and performance.

Dimensions

Size (Max): 381-392 t
Length (Total): 60,00-61,10 m
Length (Waterline): 59,30-60,20 m
Beam: 6,30-6,40 m
Draft: 2,34 m
Crew: 50-55

Armament

8,8 cm C/30 (3,4"): 2-3
45 cm torpedo tubes: 1
Depth Charges: n/a

Machinery

Shafts: 2
Turbines: 2
Type: Schichau geared turbines

Performance

Total Performance: 5800-6008 shp
Speed: 26,7-28,2 kn
Range: 800 miles at 20 kn