Z-class torpedo boat

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Hr. Ms. Z 5.JPG
Z-class torpedoboot Z 5
Class overview
Builders
Operators
Subclasses
  • V105
  • Z 5
  • Z 1
Built1914-1920
In commission1915-1945
Planned8
Completed12
Lost4
Retired8
General characteristics V105 class
Type Torpedo boat
Displacement
  • 340 tonnes (330 long tons) (standard)
  • 421 tonnes (414 long tons) (full)
Length62.60 m (205 ft 5 in)
Beam6.20 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draft2.50 m (8 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range
  • 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
  • 640 nautical miles (1,190 km; 740 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement104
Armament
  • 2 × 88 mm (3.5 in) guns
  • 2 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo launchers
General characteristics Z 5 class
Type Torpedo boat
Displacement263 tonnes (259 long tons) (standard)
Length58.5 m (191 ft 11 in)
Beam6.06 m (19 ft 11 in)
Draft1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Propulsion
  • 3 × cylindrical boilers
  • 2 × triple expansion engines
  • 5,500 hp (4,100 kW)
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range425 nmi (787 km; 489 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement48
Armament
  • 2 × 75 mm (3.0 in) No. 4 guns
  • 2 × 0.5 in (13 mm) guns
  • 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes
General characteristics Z 1 class
Type Torpedo boat
Displacement277 tonnes (273 long tons) (standard)
Length61.32 m (201 ft 2 in)
Beam6.31 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range425 nmi (787 km; 489 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement48
Armament
  • 2 × 75 mm (3.0 in) No. 4 guns
  • 2 × 0.5 in (13 mm) guns
  • 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

The Z-class torpedo boats were a class of twelve warships that served in the Dutch Koninklijke Marine , German Kaiserliche Marine , Polish Marynarka Wojenna and British Royal Navy . The Royal Netherlands Navy ordered eight Z-class torpedo boats before the outbreak of World War I, four were to be built by the German shipbuilder AG Vulcan Stettin, to be named Z 1 to Z 4, while four others were to be built in the Netherlands; Z 5 to Z 8. After the outbreak of World War I the four ships under construction in Germany where requisitioned for service in the German navy, resulting in the Dutch Navy to order another four ships to be built in the Netherlands. The ships saw action during both World War I and World War II. One of the German ships was lost in World War I, while one Polish and one Dutch ship sank during World War II. Another Polish torpedo boat sank in peacetime due to a boiler explosion.[ citation needed ]

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Ships

Z-class torpedo boats
NameLaid downLaunchedCommissionedBuilderFate
V105 class

V105 War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Mazur Naval Ensign of Poland.svg  Polish Navy

191426 August 191423 March 1915 AG Vulcan Stettin Served in the German Navy during World War I, was assigned to Brazil after the war but sold to Poland. Sank after being attacked by German aircraft on 1 September 1939 being one of the two first ships to sink during World War II as Germany invaded Poland.
V106 War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy 191426 August 191425 January 1915 AG Vulcan Stettin Served in the German Navy during World War I and was assigned to Brazil after the war. However she was scrapped in 1920 in Britain.
V107 War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy 191412 December 19141915 AG Vulcan Stettin Sunk by a mine on 8 May 1915.

V108 War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Kaszub Naval Ensign of Poland.svg  Polish Navy

191412 December 19141915 AG Vulcan Stettin Served in the German Navy during World War I and was assigned to Poland after the war. Sank after a boiler explosion on 20 July 1925.
Z 5 class

Z 5 Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Blade Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy

18 February 19141 April 19158 February 1917 Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde Escaped to England after Germany invaded the Netherlands in World War II, commissioned in to the Royal Navy on 2 March 1942 as HMS Z 5, renamed in May 1943 to HMS Blade. Decommissioned on 9 April 1945 and scrapped in October 1945.
Z 6 Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy 18 February 191415 April 19158 February 1917 Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde Escaped to England after Germany invaded the Netherlands in World War II, decommissioned on 4 October 1940 due to the bad condition of her machinery. Sold for scrap in March 1942.

Z 7 Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Z 7 Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy

12 May 191410 May 19158 September 1916 Fijenoord Escaped to England after Germany invaded the Netherlands in World War II. She was heavily damaged after running aground in December 1940 near Holyhead. Put in a dock in Holyhead, but the damage wasn't repaired. Decommissioned on 16 July 1942 and transferred to the Royal Navy on 1 October 1942. The British didn't use the ship and decommissioned her in January 1944 she was scrapped in 1947.

Z 8 Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
Z 8 Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy

12 May 191423 June 191522 September 1916 Fijenoord Escaped to England after Germany invaded the Netherlands in World War II. Decommissioned and transferred to the Royal Navy on 1 October 1942. Decommissioned from the Royal Navy in January 1944. Scrapped in August 1944.
Z 1 class
Z 1 Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy 1914 [1] 1919 NSM [1] Decommissioned in 1933.
Z 2 Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy 1914 [1] 1921 NSM [1] Decommissioned in 1933.
Z 3 Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy 30 December 191523 March 191721 August 1920 NSM [1] Stationed in the IJsselmeer when Germany invaded the Netherlands in World War II. Rammed a dam and was set on fire on 14 May 1940 to prevent being captured. Refloated and scrapped in 1941.
Z 4 Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy 1914 [1] 1921 NSM [1] Decommissioned in 1933.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Departement van Marine 1916, p. 160.

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