S.M.S. Notus (1873)

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Notus (1873)
Builder: AG Vulcan Stettin[1]
Work Number: 68[2]
Launched: 2 August, 1873[3]
Commissioned: 20 June, 1874[4]
Stricken: 17 April, 1909[5]
Broken up: c. 1909[6]

Notus was a spar torpedo boat completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1874.

Construction

Originally designated torpedo steamer No I, Notus was launched by AG Vulcan of Stettin on 2 August, 1873. Her general layout was similar to contemporary steam tugs.[7]

Service

Notus was commissioned for experimental work with spar torpedoes on 20 June, 1874. After eighteen months' of this duty, she was repurposed as a dockyard steam tug and buoy tender.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

As Built

  • One spar torpedo with 41 kg explosive charges

[9][10]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 150.
  2. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 150.
  3. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 150.
  4. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 150.
  5. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 150.
  6. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 150.
  7. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 150.
  8. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 150.
  9. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 262.
  10. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 150.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Gröner, Erich (revised and expanded by Dieter Jung and Martin Maass) (1990). German Warships 1815-1945. Volume One: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.


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