A class torpedo boat

A class torpedo boat

Germany's A class torpedo boats were a class of single-funnelled torpedo boat / light destroyer designed by the Marineamt for operations off the coast of occupied Flanders in the First World War. The A designation was to avoid confusion with older classes and designs.

Six groups of vessels were built under the class between 1914 and 1918, increasing in displacement from 109 tons to 335 tons. All had a raised forecastle, shallow draught, and carried 45cm torpedo tubes admidships.

A1-A25

* Displacement: 109 tons
* Length: 41.58 m
* Draught: 1.52 m
* Beam: 4.6 m
* Machinery: steam, coal fired, single-shaft, triple-expansion, 1200 hp
* Speed: 20kt
* Armament: 1 50 mm or 52 mm gun, 2 45cm torpoedo tubes, 4 mines
* Crew: 28

A2, A6: sunk by British destroyers, May 1 1915; A3 lost 1915; A15: sunk by British destroyers August 23, 1915; A13: bombed in dock, 1917; A10 sunk by mines, 1918; A7 and A19: sunk by British and French destroyers, March 21, 1918; A1, A18, A21-A25 surrendered and stricken 1921-1922; A17 and A11: sunk during the Kapp Putsch in 1920; A4, A5, A8, A9, A14, A16, A20: handed to Belgium as reparations, decommissioned and scrapped 1927.

A12 survived both World Wars and was finally scrapped in 1948.

A26 - A55

* Displacement: 227-229 tons
* Length: 50 m
* Draught: 2.34 m
* Beam: 5.32-5.62 m
* Machinery: steam, oil fired, single-shaft, geared turbine, 3250 hp
* Speed: 25kt
* Armament: 2 88 mm gun, 1 45cm torpoedo tube, minelaying capability
* Crew: 29

A26-A29, A31, A33-A39, A41, A44-A46, A48, A49, A52-A55: surrendered and stricken, 1920-1921; A30, A40, A42, A47: scuttled 1927; A32 given to Russia in 1940; A43 scrapped 1943; A50 mined 1917; A51 scuttled 1918.

A56 - A79

* Displacement: 330-335 tons
* Length: 60-61.1 m
* Draught: 2.34 m
* Beam: 6.42 m
* Machinery: steam, oil fired, double shaft, geared turbine, 6000 hp
* Speed: 28kt
* Armament: 2 88 mm gun, 1 45cm torpoedo tube
* Crew: 50

A60: mined 1917; A56 - A58: mined 1918; A61, A62: transferred to Britain 1920, scrapped 1923; A63, A66: given to France 1920, scrapped 1923; A64, A68: given to Poland in 1920, scuttled of Danzig in 1939, A65 given to Brazil, scuttled in Britain; A67 scrapped incomplete in 1921; A59: scrapped 1927; A69, A70, A74-A76, A78: stricken 1920; A71, A73, A77, A79: mined 1918.

A80 - A91

* Displacement: 330 tons
* Length: 60.37 m
* Draught: 2.11 m
* Beam: 6.41 m
* Machinery: steam, oil fired, double shaft, geared turbine, 5700 hp
* Speed: 26kt
* Armament: 2 88 mm gun, 1 45cm torpoedo tube
* Crew: 50

A81, A86-A91: stricken 1920; A82: scuttled at Fiume in 1918; A80 scrapped 1938; A83-A85: scrapped incomplete, 1919.

A92 - A113

* Displacement: 335 tons
* Length: 61.2 m
* Draught: 2.12 m
* Beam: 6.42 m
* Machinery: steam, oil fired, double shaft, geared turbine, 6000 hp
* Speed: 26.5kt
* Armament: 2 88 mm gun, 1 45cm torpoedo tube
* Crew: 50

A92-A95: stricken 1920; A96-A113: scrapped 1919 on stocks.

See also

* A class submarine
* A class destroyer


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