Global InformationSMS G96 information
| History | |
|---|---|
 German Empire | |
| Name | SMS G96 |
| Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Launched | 16 September 1916 |
| Completed | 23 December 1916 |
| Fate | Mined 25 June 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 1916 Mob. |
| Displacement | 990 t (970 long tons) design |
| Length | 84.5 m (277 ft 3 in) o/a |
| Beam | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 24,000 PS (24,000 shp; 18,000 kW) |
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| Speed | 32 kn (37 mph; 59 km/h) |
| Complement | 105 |
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SMS G96[a][b] was a large torpedo boat of the Imperial German Navy that was built and served during the First World War. She was the prototype ship of the 1916 Mobilisation Type torpedo boats, and was launched at Germaniawerft's Kiel shipyard on 19 September 1916, completing in December that year.
G96 was deployed to the Flanders Flotilla in February 1917 and took part in several raids on British shipping in the English Channel. She was sunk by a mine on 26 June 1917.
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- ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 164