List of A Class coastal torpedo boats
The coastal torpedo boat of classes AI to A-III , usually called A-boat , was a type of German torpedo boat specially designed for use off Flanders during the First World War . The A-boat should also be used as a fast minesweeper and escort vehicle.
The list contains all A-boats that were put into service until 1918. The boats A 1 to A 25 , A 56 to A 67 and A 80 to A 91 were built by AG Vulcan Hamburg. AG Vulcan awarded subcontracts to Howaldtswerke in Kiel for the boats A 83 to A 85 . The boats A 26 to A 55 , A 68 to A 79 and A 92 to A 95 built the Schichau shipyard in Elbing.
| † | destroyed by enemy action |
|---|---|
| ? | missed in action |
| § | raised, captured or captured by the enemy |
| × | Accident or sunk yourself |
| A. | Decommissioning (scrapped, scrapped or put to another use) |
| I. | Interned |
AI (official draft 1914) A 1 – A 25
| ship | Launch | Commissioning | Decommissioning | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 1 | January 16, 1915 | January 29, 1915 | A May 10, 1922 | The boat was taken over into the Reichsmarine and deleted from the fleet list in 1922 and scrapped in Kiel |
| A 2 | October 14, 1915 | March 28, 1915 | † May 1, 1915 | The boat sank during a battle on May 1, 1915 at 6:00 p.m. to 51 ° 42 ' N , 3 ° 0' E by artillery fire from British destroyers , losing 12 men |
| A 3 | June 24, 1915 | July 13, 1915 | ? November 7, 1915 | The boat was on the march from Kiel to Danzig on November 7, 1915 and has since been lost in the Baltic Sea with the entire crew of 26 men |
| A 4 | June 26, 1915 | June 30, 1915 | × November 11, 1918 | The boat was in the task of Belgium on 11 November 1918 in Antwerp on 53 ° 14 ' N , 4 ° 24' O scuttled, lifted by the Belgian Navy and as A 3 PC put into service in 1926 in A 3 = Princesse Marie- José and 1927 in A4 renamed and in 1931 sold for demolition |
| A 5 | May 5, 1915 | May 10, 1915 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was on 15 November 1918, the task of Belgium in Hellevoetsluis interned, then on 25 June 1919 by the Belgian Navy as 4 PC A acquired in 1926 A 4 and 1927 in A5 renamed and in 1931 sold for demolition |
| A 6 | April 3, 1915 | April 8, 1915 | † May 1, 1915 | The boat sank during a battle on May 1, 1915 around 6:00 p.m. to 51 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 0 ′ E by artillery fire from British destroyers, losing one man |
| A 7 | February 2, 1915 | April 19, 1915 | † March 21, 1918 | The boat sank during a battle on March 21, 1918 at around 6 a.m. to 51 ° 15 ′ N , 2 ° 40 ′ E by artillery fire from the French destroyers Capitaine Mehl and Bouclier , losing 23 men |
| A 8 | April 25, 1915 | May 21, 1915 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was interned in Hellevoetsluis on November 15, 1918 when Belgium gave up , then taken over by the Belgian Navy as A 5 PC on June 25, 1919 , renamed A 5 in 1926 and A 8 in 1927 , handed over to the Ostend State Naval School as Oever in 1931 and sold for demolition in 1939 |
| A 9 | 4th August 1915 | August 8, 1915 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was interned in Hellevoetsluis on November 15, 1918 when Belgium gave up , then taken over by the Belgian Navy as A 6 PC on June 25, 1919 , renamed A 6 in 1926 and A 9 in 1927 and sold for demolition in 1931 |
| A 10 | August 16, 1915 | August 23, 1915 | † February 7, 1918 | The boat ran on February 7, 1918 at 12:40 at 51 ° 16 ' N , 2 ° 53' O onto a mine and sank with the loss of 19 men |
| A 11 | June 4, 1915 | June 7, 1915 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was interned on November 15, 1918 when Belgium gave up in Hellevoetsluis , then taken over by the Belgian Navy as the A 7 PC on June 25, 1919 , renamed A 7 in 1926 and A 11 in 1927 and sold for demolition in 1931 |
| A 12 | April 28, 1915 | May 2, 1915 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was interned on November 15, 1918 when Belgium gave up in Hellevoetsluis , then taken over by the Belgian Navy as A 2 PC on June 25, 1919 , renamed A 2 = Prince Charles in 1926 and A 12 in 1927 and sold for demolition in 1931 |
| A 13 | May 15, 1915 | May 21, 1915 | † August 16, 1917 | The boat sank on August 16, 1917 at 04:20 at 51 ° 15 ' N , 2 ° 56' O lifted in Ostend by air attack with loss of a man who was, and after renewed artillery hits on 22 November 1917 in Bruges decommissioned and canceled |
| A 14 | July 22, 1915 | July 27, 1915 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was interned in Hellevoetsluis on November 15, 1918 when Belgium gave up , then taken over by the Belgian Navy as A 1 PC on June 25, 1919 , renamed A 1 = Prince Léopolde in 1926 and A 14 in 1927 and sold for demolition in 1931 |
| A 15 | July 10, 1915 | July 15, 1915 | † August 23, 1915 | The boat sank during a battle on 23 August 1915 to 12:30 on 51 ° 17 ' N , 2 ° 45' O by artillery fire and torpedo hit the French destroyer Branlebas and Oriflamme with the loss of 15 men |
| A 16 | June 16, 1915 | June 19, 1915 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was interned in Hellevoetsluis on November 15, 1918 when Belgium gave up , then taken over by the Belgian Navy as the A 8 PC on June 25, 1919 , renamed A 8 in 1926 and A 16 in 1927 and sold for demolition in 1931 |
| A 17 | June 8, 1915 | July 6, 1915 | x March 13, 1920 | The boat was transferred to the Imperial Navy and during the Kapp Putsch on 13 March 1920 in Kiel at 54 ° 19 ' N , 10 ° 10' O scuttled, lifted on January 6, 1921 and scrapped in Kiel 1922 |
| A 18 | July 2, 1915 | July 20, 1915 | A January 21, 1921 | The boat was taken over into the Reichsmarine, decommissioned on January 21, 1921 and broken up in 1922 |
| A 19 | September 9, 1915 | October 15, 1915 | † March 21, 1918 | The boat sank during a battle on March 21, 1918 to 51 ° 15 ′ N , 2 ° 40 ′ E by artillery fire from British destroyers, losing 19 men |
| A 20 | August 27, 1915 | September 1, 1915 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was interned in Hellevoetsluis on November 15, 1918 when Belgium gave up , then taken over by the Belgian Navy as A 9 PC on June 25, 1919 , renamed A 9 in 1926 and A 20 in 1927, and in 1931 at the Ostend State Navy School as West Diep to hand over. 1940 German booty, up to March 1943 conversion to the artillery school boat Reiher and from October 1943 distance measuring school boat Warendorp , 1945 USA booty and broken off in Wilhelmshaven in 1948 |
| A 21 | June 1, 1915 | June 29, 1915 | x March 13, 1920 | The boat was transferred to the Imperial Navy and during the Kapp Putsch on 13 March 1920 in Kiel at 54 ° 19 ' N , 10 ° 10' O scuttled, lifted on January 6, 1921 and scrapped in Kiel 1922 |
| A 22 | May 22, 1915 | June 8, 1915 | A May 15, 1922 | The boat was transferred to the Imperial Navy, painted on 15 May 1922, as Heizboot in Arsenal depleted Kiel |
| A 23 | March 29, 1915 | November 1, 1915 | A May 15, 1922 | The boat was taken over into the Reichsmarine, canceled on May 15, 1922 and used up as a target boat from 1924 |
| A 24 | June 12, 1915 | August 8, 1915 | A May 15, 1922 | The boat was taken over into the Reichsmarine, canceled on May 15, 1922, used as a heating boat in Swinoujscie and from 1924 as a target boat |
| A 25 | July 13, 1915 | July 27, 1915 | A May 15, 1922 | The boat was taken over into the Reichsmarine, canceled on May 15, 1922 and used up as a heating boat in the Arsenal in Kiel |
A-II (official draft 1915) A 26 – A 55
| ship | Launch | Commissioning | Decommissioning | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 26 | May 20, 1916 | July 22, 1916 | A March 23, 1923 | The boat was taken over into the Reichsmarine and deleted from the fleet list in 1923 and scrapped in Kiel |
| A 27 | May 27, 1916 | August 12, 1916 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on August 20, 1920 and scrapped until 1922 |
| A 28 | June 10, 1916 | August 26, 1916 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on August 20, 1920 and scrapped until 1922 |
| A 29 | June 15, 1916 | September 9, 1916 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on August 20, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 30 | July 15, 1916 | September 28, 1916 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was interned on November 15, 1918 when Belgium gave up in Hellevoetsluis , then taken over by the Belgian Navy as A 29 PC on June 25, 1919 , renamed to A 29 in 1926 and sold for demolition in 1927 |
| A 31 | July 1, 1916 | September 30, 1916 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on August 20, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 32 | July 15, 1916 | October 14, 1916 | x October 25, 1917 | The boat ran aground on October 25, 1917 during the battle in Moon Sound at 1:55 a.m. at 58 ° 38 ′ N , 22 ° 56 ′ E and was abandoned. The salvage took place in 1923 by the Estonian Navy, which put it into service as Sulev . After the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union in 1940, it was taken over by the Baltic fleet as the Ametist watch boat and scrapped after 1950 |
| A 33 | July 29, 1916 | October 30, 1916 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 15, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 34 | July 20, 1916 | November 8, 1916 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 15, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 35 | August 19, 1916 | December 1, 1916 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on August 20, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 36 | August 14, 1916 | November 27, 1916 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on August 20, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 37 | August 12, 1916 | November 24, 1916 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 15, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 38 | October 17, 1916 | March 14, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 15, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 39 | September 12, 1916 | December 16, 1916 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on August 20, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 40 | September 2, 1916 | December 8, 1916 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was interned in Hellevoetsluis on November 15, 1918 when Belgium gave up , then taken over by the Belgian Navy as A22 PC on June 25, 1919 , renamed A 22 in 1926 and A 40 in 1927 and sold for demolition in 1931 |
| A 41 | December 8, 1916 | March 16, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on August 20, 1920 and scrapped until 1922 |
| A 42 | November 1, 1916 | January 5, 1917 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was interned in Hellevoetsluis on November 15, 1918 when Belgium gave up , then taken over by the Belgian Navy as A 22 PC on June 25, 1919 , renamed A 22 in 1926 and A 42 in 1927 , handed over to the Ostend State Naval School as Zand in 1931 and sold in 1939 |
| A 43 | December 25, 1916 | February 2, 1917 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was interned in Hellevoetsluis on November 15, 1918 when Belgium gave up , then taken over by the Belgian Navy as the A 24 PC on June 25, 1919 , renamed A 24 in 1926 and A 43 in 1927 , handed over to the Ostend State Navy School as Wielingen in 1931 . German booty in 1940 and scrapped after an accident in 1943 |
| A 44 | March 10, 1917 | April 30, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on August 20, 1920 and scrapped until 1922 |
| A 45 | November 8, 1916 | January 15, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 3, 1920 and scrapped until 1922 |
| A 46 | March 24, 1917 | May 22, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 3, 1920 and scrapped until 1922 |
| A 47 | April 23, 1917 | June 22, 1917 | I November 15, 1918 | The boat was interned in Hellevoetsluis on November 15, 1918 when Belgium gave up , then taken over by the Belgian Navy as A 25 PC on June 25, 1919 , renamed A 25 in 1926 and A 47 in 1927 and sold for demolition in 1931 |
| A 48 | June 9, 1917 | July 31, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 3, 1920 and scrapped until 1922 |
| A 49 | May 19, 1917 | July 9, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | from November 1918 to 1920 Belgian Navy as A 26 PC , delivered to Great Britain on September 15, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 50 | July 8, 1917 | August 20, 1917 | † November 17, 1917 | The boat was launched on 17 November 1917 at 08.30 am on 51 ° 33 ' N , 3 ° 15' O onto a mine and sank with the loss of 18 men |
| A 51 | May 16, 1917 | July 26, 1917 | x October 29, 1918 | The boat was the submarine flotilla Mediterranean Pola assigned and was in the task Fiumes there on October 29, 1918 at 45 ° 21 ' N , 14 ° 26' O scuttled, lifted in 1920 and then scrapped in Italy |
| A 52 | January 18, 1917 | April 1, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 30, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 53 | February 3, 1917 | April 7, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 15, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 54 | February 22, 1917 | April 14, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 30, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 55 | March 10, 1917 | April 27, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 30, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
A-III (official draft 1916) A 56 – A 113
| ship | Launch | Commissioning | Decommissioning | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 56 | February 28, 1917 | April 14, 1917 | † March 12, 1918 | The boat was on March 12, 1918. 53 ° 45 ' N , 6 ° 15' O onto a mine and sank with the loss of 16 men |
| A 57 | February 28, 1917 | April 28, 1917 | † March 2, 1918 | The boat was on March 2, 1918. 53 ° 21 ' N , 4 ° 57' O onto a mine and sank with the loss of twelve men |
| A 58 | March 31, 1917 | May 5, 1917 | † August 15, 1918 | The boat was on 15 August 1918, 51 ° 24 ' N , 3 ° 16' O onto a mine and sank with the loss of three men |
| A 59 | April 13, 1917 | June 9, 1917 | § Polish spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Poland on September 30, 1920, rebuilt in Rosyth in 1921 , renamed Ślązak and in active service until 1937, then used up as a target ship |
| A 60 | May 15, 1917 | June 23, 1917 | † November 30, 1917 | The boat was launched on 30 November 1917 at 02.00 pm at 51 ° 25 ' N , 3 ° 10' O onto a mine and sank with the loss of 17 men |
| A 61 | May 15, 1917 | July 11, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 15, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 62 | June 8, 1917 | July 25, 1917 | § British spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Great Britain on September 15, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 63 | June 16, 1917 | August 11, 1917 | § French spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to France on September 30, 1920 and scrapped until 1923 |
| A 64 | March 30, 1918 | August 8, 1918 | § Polish spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Poland on September 30, 1920, rebuilt in Rosyth in 1921 , renamed Krakowiak and sunk by German aircraft on September 4, 1939 in the Bay of Danzig |
| A 65 | March 30, 1918 | August 24, 1918 | § Brazilian spoils of war 1920 | Delivered on September 30, 1920, sold to Great Britain in 1921 and scrapped in Queensferry until 1922 |
| A 66 | June 23, 1918 | September 20, 1918 | § French spoils of war 1920 | delivered and on 30 September 1920, France in 1923 Bo'ness scrapped |
| A 67 | June 23, 1918 | - | unfinished | only 75% completed, deleted on November 3rd, 1919 and broken up in Hamburg in 1921 |
| A 68 | April 11, 1917 | June 13, 1917 | § Polish spoils of war 1920 | Delivered to Poland on September 3, 1920, rebuilt in Rosyth in 1921 , renamed Kujawiak and sunk in Gdansk Bay itself on September 4, 1939, German § , scrapped |
| A 69 | April 28, 1917 | 4th July 1917 | § Polish spoils of war 1920 | delivered on September 3, 1920, exchanged for V 105, broken up by the British in Queensferry in 1922 |
| A 70 | May 19, 1917 | July 23, 1917 | § Japanese spoils of war 1920 | delivered on September 30, 1920 and broken up in Bo'ness in 1923 |
| A 71 | June 9, 1917 | August 13, 1917 | † May 4, 1918 | The boat was on May 4, 1918 at 02:10 at 54 ° 39 ' N , 6 ° 27' O on a mine and sank with the loss of 6 man |
| A 72 | June 30, 1917 | September 1, 1917 | † May 14, 1918 | The boat was on 14 May 1918 at 01:30 at 55 ° 34 ' N , 5 ° 54' O on a mine and sank with the loss of 25 men |
| A 73 | July 7, 1917 | September 21, 1917 | † January 20, 1918 | The boat was on 20 January 1918, 54 ° 40 ' N , 6 ° 32' O on a mine and sank with the loss of 40 men |
| A 74 | 4th August 1917 | October 9, 1917 | § Brazilian spoils of war 1920 | Delivered on September 30, 1920, sold to Great Britain in 1921 and scrapped in Queensferry in 1922 |
| A 75 | August 11, 1917 | October 26, 1917 | § French spoils of war 1920 | Delivered on September 30, 1920, broken up in Bo'ness in 1923 |
| A 76 | September 1, 1917 | November 12, 1917 | § French spoils of war 1920 | Delivered on September 30, 1920, broken up in Bo'ness in 1923 |
| A 77 | September 22, 1917 | November 27, 1917 | † January 20, 1918 | The boat was on 20 January 1918 at 08:30 at 54 ° 40 ' N , 6 ° 32' O on a mine and sank with the loss of 33 men |
| A 78 | October 13, 1917 | December 15, 1917 | § Brazilian spoils of war 1920 | Delivered on September 3, 1920, sold to Great Britain in 1921 and broken up in Bo'ness in 1922 |
| A 79 | November 8, 1917 | January 12, 1918 | † July 11, 1918 | The boat was on 11 July 1918 at 12:15 at 54 ° 47 ' N , 4 ° 52' O on a mine and sank with the loss of 53 men |
| A 80 | October 24, 1917 | December 21, 1917 | § Polish spoils of war 1920 | extradited to Poland on September 30, 1920, renamed Goral , 1922 Podhalanin ; Deleted in 1938, target ship and tank container; sunk by German aircraft on September 1, 1939 off Hela ; dt § , raised and canceled |
| A 81 | November 27, 1917 | January 10, 1918 | § Brazilian spoils of war 1920 | Delivered on September 30, 1920, sold to Great Britain in 1921 and scrapped in Sunderland |
| A 82 | March 27, 1918 | June 1, 1918 | x October 29, 1918 | The boat was the submarine flotilla Mediterranean Pola assigned and was in the task Fiumes there on the 29 October 1918 45 ° 21 ' N , 14 ° 26' O scuttled, lifted in 1920 and then scrapped in Italy (as well as A 51 ) |
| A 83 | May 28, 1918 | - | unfinished | only 60% completed, deleted on November 3rd, 1919 and broken up in Kiel in 1921 |
| A 84 | April 19, 1918 | - | unfinished | only about 50% completed, deleted on November 3rd, 1919 and broken up in Kiel in 1921 |
| A 85 | June 6, 1918 | - | unfinished | only 40% completed, painted on November 3rd, 1919 and broken up in Kiel in 1921 |
| A 86 | February 5, 1918 | March 16, 1918 | § French spoils of war 1920 | delivered on September 30, 1920, and broken up in Bo'ness in 1923 |
| A 87 | February 21, 1918 | April 8, 1918 | § Brazilian spoils of war 1920 | Delivered on September 15, 1920, sold to Great Britain in 1921 and broken up in Bo'ness until 1922 |
| A 88 | March 2, 1918 | April 27, 1918 | § British spoils of war 1920 | delivered on September 30, 1920, and broken up in Bo'ness in 1923 |
| A 89 | March 22, 1918 | May 14, 1918 | § British spoils of war 1920 | delivered on September 30, 1920, and broken up in Bo'ness in 1923 |
| A 90 | April 6, 1918 | June 6, 1918 | § British spoils of war 1920 | delivered on September 30, 1920, and broken up in Bo'ness in 1922 |
| A 91 | April 27, 1918 | June 22, 1918 | § British spoils of war 1920 | delivered on September 30, 1920, and broken up in Bo'ness in 1922 |
| A 92 | March 16, 1918 | May 24, 1918 | § Brazilian spoils of war 1920 | Delivered on September 15, 1920, sold to Great Britain in 1921 and broken up in Bo'ness in 1923 |
| A 93 | April 9, 1918 | June 18, 1918 | § British spoils of war 1920 | delivered on September 30, 1920, and broken up in Bo'ness in 1922 |
| A 94 | April 27, 1918 | July 19, 1918 | § British spoils of war 1920 | delivered on September 30, 1920, and broken up in Bo'ness in 1923 |
| A 95 | May 25, 1918 | August 19, 1918 | § British spoils of war 1920 | delivered on September 30, 1920, and broken up in Bo'ness in 1923 |
| A 96-113 | - | - | unfinished | only up to 35% completed, painted on November 3, 1919 and demolished on the Helgen |
See also
literature
- Harald Fock: Z-before! Vol. 1 International development and war missions of destroyers and torpedo boats 1914 to 1939. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Herford 1998, ISBN 3-7822-0207-4
- Robert Gardiner: Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, ISBN 0-87021-907-3
- Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung and Martin Maass, The German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2: Torpedo boats, destroyers, speedboats, minesweepers, mine clearance boats. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7637-4801-6 .