SMS D 9
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D 9 was a torpedo division boat of the Imperial Navy , which served as a guide boat for torpedo boats.
Torpedo division boats
The command boats of torpedo boat flotillas of the Imperial Navy, known as division boats, represented a forerunner of the later destroyers in terms of size and armament support with their reinforced armament.
At the end of the 19th century, a torpedo boat division usually consisted of one division boat and eight torpedo boats. Instead of the usual designation from the first letter of the shipyard and a consecutive number as with normal torpedo boats, the number was prefixed with a D for division boat .
history
Construction and commissioning
The boat was ordered as a single ship by the Reichsmarineamt in the budget year 1893 . Compared to the predecessors SMS D 7 and SMS D 8 , the main demands were an increase in seaworthiness and an increase in speed with the boats of the SMS S 74 to SMS S 81 series, which were also ordered at the time . Both were necessary to keep up with these bigger, faster boats.
In some respects, new paths were broken in the design - also internationally: Although a single-shaft system of the machine drive remained due to the self-imposed constraints, it was the first time in torpedo boat construction instead of the traditional walback (turtle design) a continuous beam bay with a raised foredeck was built. A circumstance which, together with the raised foredeck, should significantly increase the seaworthiness of the boat and ultimately become a model for all other such vehicles worldwide. Hence the nickname Petrel used internally , because it could run continuously at high speeds in very heavy seas.
Calls
After its commissioning on December 29, 1894, the D 9 was part of various torpedo boat flotillas as a guide boat. With the influx of large boats from SMS S 90 onwards, it moved into the second tier and in 1907 became the flotilla leader for the older torpedo boats of the 1890s that had been converted into minesweepers. Among other things, the commanding officer in 1904/05 was the later Admiral Hermann Bauer . In 1910 a general overhaul took place, whereby the old boilers were exchanged for three modern marine water tube boilers. At the same time, the silhouette of the boat changed, as instead of the previous chimney, two chimneys standing one behind the other now dominated the appearance.
At the beginning of the war in 1914, D 9 was mainly used in coastal defense in the North Sea and initially belonged to the Ems coastal defense division with a base in Emden . This association was later renamed the outpost flotilla of the Ems , with the boat still being used as a guide boat. The main tasks consisted in the outpost service as well as hauling in and escorting submarines. Towards the end of the war in 1918, D 9 served as a tender for the submarine school. The now 25-year-old boat was used again in 1919 as a guide boat by minesweeping associations before it was finally deleted from the list of warships of the now Provisional Reichsmarine on December 7, 1920 . Then D 9 was sold and scrapped in Hamburg in 1921.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gröner Vol. 2 p. 48
Web links
literature
- Harald Fock: Black journeymen , Volume 1: Torpedo boats until 1914 , Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1979, ISBN 3-7822-0193-0 .
- Harald Fock: Black journeymen , Volume 2: Destroyers until 1914 , Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1981, ISBN 3-7822-0206-6 .
- Harald Fock: Z-before! , Volume 1: International development and war missions of destroyers and torpedo boats 1914 to 1939 , Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-7822-0762-9 .
- Erich Gröner : The German warships 1815-1945 Volume 2: Torpedo boats, destroyers, speed boats, minesweepers, mine clearance boats , Bernard & Graefe, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-7637-4801-6 .