SMS S50
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 German Empire
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| Ordered: | 1914 |
| Builder: | Schichau-Werke, Elbing |
| Launched: | 23 April 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 31 August 1915 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,074 t (1,057 long tons) |
| Length: | 79.6 m (261 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 8.36 m (27 ft 5 in) |
| Draft: | 3.64 m (11 ft 11 in) |
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| Speed: | 34.0 knots (63.0 km/h; 39.1 mph) |
| Range: | 1,270 nmi (2,350 km; 1,460 mi)at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 88 officers and sailors |
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SMS S50 was a V25-class torpedo boat of the Imperial German Navy. Launched in 1915, she served through the rest of the war, taking part in the Battle of Jutland and operations in the Baltic. She was scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919, but was later raised and scrapped.
Ordered from Schichau-Werke as part of the 1914 mobilisation order of high-seas torpedo-boats, she was launched from Schichau's Elbing (now Elbląg in Poland) on 23 December 1914 and commissioned on 31 October 1915. The "S" in S50 denoted the shipbuilder who constructed her.
S50 was 79.6 metres (261 ft 2 in) long overall and 79.0 metres (259 ft 2 in) at the waterline, with a beam of 8.36 metres (27 ft 5 in) and a draught of 3.64 metres (11 ft 11 in). Displacement was 802 tonnes (789 long tons) normal and 1,074 tonnes (1,057 long tons) deep load. Three oil-fired water-tube boilers fed steam to 2 sets of direct-drive steam turbines rated at 24,000 metric horsepower (24,000 shp; 18,000 kW), giving a speed of 34.0 knots (63.0 km/h; 39.1 mph). 252 tonnes (248 long tons) of fuel oil was carried, giving a range of 1,605 nautical miles (2,972 km; 1,847 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) and 1,270 nautical miles (2,350 km; 1,460 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
Armament originally consisted of three 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns in single mounts, together with six 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes with two fixed single tubes forward and 2 twin mounts aft. Up to 24 mines could be carried. In 1916 the 8.8 cm guns were replaced by three 10.5 cm SK L/45 naval guns. The ship had a complement of 85 officers and men.
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