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The ''Großes Torpedoboot'' 1913 class ("Large torpedo boat 1913") torpedo boat was a class of torpedo boat built for the Imperial German Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine''). It was the largest class ever built for the High Seas Fleet, consisting of 71 ships. 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. ==Design== The ''Großes Torpedoboot 1913'' class was different from its predecessors, the ''Großes Torpedoboot 1911'' class, in a number of ways. Firstly, it was enlarged from at the waterline ( length overall) to at the waterline (and overall). The ships of the class were the first German torpedo boats to be powered purely by oil (earlier ships used a mixture of oil and coal) which resulted in greatly increased performance.〔''Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921'' ((Google Books page ))〕 Also the ships were modified with an additional gun, and twice the number of torpedo tubes. Some were modified to carry floatplanes.〔 The 8.8 cm guns on these vessels could be depressed to -10° and raised to 25°. At maximum elevation, the gun could fire a high explosive shell a distance of at a muzzle velocity of and at a rate of 15 rounds per minute. Each ship carried about 150 rounds per gun.〔 The ships also carried six torpedo tubes and 12-24 mines.〔 The ships were manned by 83 to 87 crewmen. Each ship displaced had a beam of and a draught of .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Großes Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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