SMS G113

SMS G113 was an S90-class torpedo boat built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1900s

History
German Empire
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany
Launched	9 August 1902
Commissioned	16 October 1902
Fate	Stricken 22 March 1921
General characteristics
Displacement	440 t (433 long tons)
Length	65.8 m (215 ft 11 in)
Beam	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Draught	2.87 m (9 ft 5 in)
Installed power	6,013 PS (5,931 ihp; 4,423 kW)
Propulsion	3 × water-tube boilers 2× Triple expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	1,225 nmi (2,269 km; 1,410 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Armament	3 × 50 mm guns × 450 mm torpedo tubes

Design

Main article: S90-class torpedo boat

G113 was 65.8 metres (215 ft 11 in) long overall and 65.5 metres (214 ft 11 in) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 6.7 metres (22 ft 0 in) and a draught of 2.87 metres (9 ft 5 in). Displacement was 330 tonnes (320 long tons) normal and 440 tonnes (430 long tons) full load.^[1] Three coal-fired water-tube boilers fed steam to two sets of triple-expansion steam engines rated at 6,013 metric horsepower (5,931 ihp; 4,423 kW), giving a speed of 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph).^[1][2] 112 tonnes (110 long tons) of coal was carried, giving a range of 1,225 nautical miles (2,269 km; 1,410 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph).^[1]

Armament consisted of three 5 cm SK L/40 guns in single mounts, together with three 450 millimetres (17.7 in) torpedo tubes,^[3] with two spare torpedoes.^[1] The ship was later re-armed, with an 8.8 cm gun replacing one of the 5.0 cm guns.^[1]

Service history

G113 was launched at Germaniawerft's Kiel shipyard on 9 August 1902, and commissioned on 16 October 1902.^[4] In May 1907, she was a member of the 1st Half Flotilla.^[5] In May 1914, she was the leader of the IV Torpedoboat Flotilla (a reserve unit),^[6] and remained leader of IV Flotilla in October 1914.^[7] She was renamed T113 on 4 September 1914.^[4] In April 1915, T113 was a member of the 7th Torpedo-boat Half Flotilla, operating in the Baltic Sea.^[8] By May 1916, T113 was part of a harbour protection flotilla for the Elbe and by the end of the war, was one of 36 torpedo boats forming the 1st Escort Flotilla.^[9]