SMS G108-Class
Improved Torpedo Boats with Early Turbines (FREE Starting Ship) - 6 ships commissioned 1900-1901: G108-G113. Improved S90 design with higher speed and early turbine technology. 433 tons, 3× 5cm guns, 3× 45cm torpedoes, 29 knots (+2 knots improvement). Pioneering early steam turbine technology (turbines rare in 1900). Larger hull for better seakeeping in North Sea. FREE starting ship for tutorial purposes. Served WWI North Sea operations. Germaniawerft design (G-series). Most scrapped 1916-1920 after obsolescence.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 433 t
- Displacement (full)
- 515 t
- Length
- 203.4 ft
- Beam
- 20.7 ft
- Crew
- 45
- Ships built
- 6
- Commissioned
- 1900-1901
- Decommissioned
- 1916-1920
Performance
- Top speed
- 27 kn
- Range
- 1400 nm at 12 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 3× 5cm SK L/40
- Secondary guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- 3× 45cm
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored)
- Deck
- None
- Fire control
- Optical sighting only
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 9.08
- Research cost
- 200
- Credit cost
- 6,356
Notable
- Improved speed to 29 knots (+2 knots vs. S90-class)
- Early steam turbine technology (pioneering)
- FREE starting ship for tutorial purposes
- Larger than S90-class (+45 tons)
- Better seakeeping for North Sea operations
- Served WWI North Sea operations
- Germaniawerft design (G-series)