Fleet
HochSeeFlotte
Ship Type
Destroyer
Nickname
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Ship Class
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Grouping
IX Torpedo Boat Flotilla, II Scouting Group (V.28 leader). Part of the XVII Half Flotilla
Command
Hipper
Builder's Yard
Schichau
Budget Year
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Construction Notes
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Date Laid Down
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Launch Date
14.06.1915
Completed date
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Commission date
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Year laid down
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Year launched
1915
Year completed
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Commission Year
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Pennant No
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Photo Details
Courtesy Laboe Naval Archive. Possibly S.52 and S.54
Related stories
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Sister ships
S.51
Eventual Fate
Scuttled in Scapa Flow 21.06.1919. Salvaged 13.10.1924 and scrapped at Inverkeithing
Jutland result
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Ready for action after dock repairs
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Commander
Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Ehrentraut
Noteable Officers
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Crew complement
83
Officers
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Ratings
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Killed
1
Wounded
1
Prisoners
2
Displacement full Load (tons)
802
Artefacts Data
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Ship's Model
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Length (ft)
261'
Length (mtrs)
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Beam (ft)
27' 6"
Beam (mtrs)
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Draught (ft)
11'
Draught (mtrs)
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Max. Speed (knots)
34 - 36.5 kts
Range (miles)
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Range (kilometres)
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Fuel
oil
Propulsion
Oil fired twin shaft rated at 24,000 - 25,000 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
Three 3.4" single mounts (88 mm).
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
6
Torpedo Type MM
500 mm
No. Mines
24
Torpedo Notes
layout two twin tubes and two singles
References & sources
John C Taylor German Warships of World War One. Tarant Jutland.The German Perspective