| SMS S36 | |
|---|---|
| Career (German Empire) |  |
| Ordered: | 1914 Peacetime order |
| Builder: | Schichau-Werke, Elbing |
| Launched: | 17 October 1914 |
| Commissioned: | 4 January 1915 |
| Fate: |
• Interned at Scapa Flow 22 November 1918 • Scuttled at Scapa Flow 21 June 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,051 tonnes |
| Length: | 79.5 meters |
| Beam: | 8.33 m |
| Draft: | 3.74 m (fwd); 3.45 meters (aft) |
| Speed: | 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h) |
| Range: |
1,100 nautical miles at 20 knots (2,040 km at 37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 83 officers and sailors |
| Armament: |
• 3 × 3.4 in (86 mm) guns • 6 × 500 mm torpedo tubes • 24 mines |
SMS S36 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 12th ship of her class.
Construction[]
Built by Schichau-Werke in Elbing, she was launched in October 1914. The "S" in S36 refers to the shipyard at which she was constructed.
Service[]
When S36 participated in the Battle of Jutland she was assigned to the 9th Flotilla, 17th Half Flotilla.
After the end of hostilities, S36 was interned at Scapa Flow and scuttled. She was salvaged for scrap by Ernest Cox in 1925.
References[]
The original article can be found at SMS S36 and the edit history here.