B.97

Fleet

HochSeeFlotte

Ship Type

Destroyer

Nickname

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Ship Class

B.97 class

Grouping

II Torpedo Boat Flotilla, B.98 leader, III Half Flotilla, II Scouting group

Command

Hipper

Builder's Yard

Blohm und Voss, Hamburg

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

15.12.1914

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

Courtesy Laboe Naval Archives (B.97 with S.63 andS.64)

Related stories

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Sister ships

B.97 - B.98

Eventual Fate

sold to Italy 1920 and scrapped 1939

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Kapitänleutnant Leo Riedel

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

114

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

1,347

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

321' 6"

Length (mtrs)

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Beam (ft)

30' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

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Draught (ft)

10' 3"

Draught (mtrs)

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Max. Speed (knots)

35.5 - 36.5

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

oil

Propulsion

2 shaft oil fired turbines with 36,000 - 40,000 rated shp

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

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Guns (No.barrels) 2

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Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Four 3.4" guns, Re-armed with Four 4.1" guns 1916.

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

20"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

500 mm

No. Mines

24

Torpedo Notes

Layout two double tubes, two singles.

References & sources

John C Taylor German Warships of World War One. Tarant Jutland.The German Perspective