Zephir Class Torpedo Steamer (1874)
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Two Zephir class torpedo steamers were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1874.
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Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Zephir | AG Vulcan | 1873 | 22 June, 1874 | 13 October, 1874 | Stricken 17 April, 1909 |
Rival | AG Vulcan | 1873 | 2 September, 1874 | 14 December, 1874 | Stricken 1884 |
Design & Construction
The two Zephirs are usually listed with in the same class as Notus, despite being much smaller.[1][2]
Performance
Armament
- One spar torpedo with 41 kg explosive charges
See Also
Footnotes
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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