G 108 Class Torpedo Boat (1901)

Six G 108 class torpedo boats were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1902.

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Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
G 108	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1900	7 Sep, 1901	26 Mar, 1902	Discarded c. 1921
G 109	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1900	9 Nov, 1901	19 Jun, 1902	Sold 13 May, 1921
G 110	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1901	9 Sep, 1902	21 Jan, 1903	Discarded c. 1921
G 111	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1901	2 Apr, 1902	21 Jul, 1902	Sold 13 Jun, 1921
G 112	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1901	19 Jun, 1902	6 Sep, 1902	Sold 13 Jun, 1921
G 113	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1901	9 Aug, 1902	16 Oct, 1902	Sold 8 Jun, 1921

Design & Construction

The G 108 boats were Germaniawerft's first class of torpedo boats to be built along the same general lines as Schichau's S 90 and her successors.

Steel-hulled and galvanized below the waterline with two vertical triple-expansion engines and three Marine-type boilers.

Armament

• Three 50mm/40 caliber quick-firing guns
• Four 450mm torpedo tubes, five torpedoes

See Also

• Wikipedia

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).
• Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. 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.