G101-class torpedo boat
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Operators: |
 Kaiserliche Marine
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| Built: | 1912–1915 |
| In commission: | 1915–1918 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Lost: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,734 t (1,707 long tons) deep load |
| Length: | 95.3 m (312 ft 8 in) oa |
| Beam: | 9.47 m (31 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 3.84 m (12 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power: | 28,000 PS (28,000 shp; 21,000 kW) |
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| Speed: | 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph) |
| Range: | 2,420 nmi (4,480 km; 2,780 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 104 |
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The G101 class was a class of four large torpedo boats (sometimes rated as destroyers) that were ordered for the Argentine Navy from the German shipyard Germaniawerft in 1912. They were still building on the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 when they were seized on behalf of the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy). All four ships completed in 1915 and serving through the rest of the war, with three ships present at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Three ships were scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919 and one sunk as a target by American aircraft in 1921.
In 1910, the Argentine Navy placed orders for twelve large destroyers with the orders split between the British shipyard Cammell Laird (four ships), the French shipyard Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne (four ships) and the German shipyards Germaniawerft and Schichau-Werke (two each). The four German-built ships were completed in 1912 and delivered that year, but the four British-built ships were purchased by Greece in October 1912 because of the First Balkan War, becoming the Aetos-class. To replace these four ships, Argentina ordered four more ships from Germaniawerft in 1912. The outbreak of the First World War led to the four ships, which had not yet been launched, being seized by Germany on 6 August 1914 and being completed for the Kaiserliche Marine. The four French-built ships were also still building on the outbreak of the First World War and served with the French Navy as the Aventurier class.
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