SMS S113

Career (German Empire)
Name: S113
Ordered: 1916
Builder: Schichau, Elbing
Launched: 31 January 1918
Commissioned: 05 August 1919
Fate: Transferred to the French Navy after cessation of hostilities
Career (France)
Name: Amiral Sénès
Acquired: 01 June 1920
Fate: sunk as a target, 19 July 1938
General characteristics
Length: 108.8 meters
Beam:   10.4 m
Draft:     4.85 m
Propulsion: Schichau, AEG-Vulcan, Marine or Germania geared turbines
Speed: 36.9 knots (68.3 km/h)
Range: 2,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
  (4,600 km at 37 km/h)
Complement: 188 officers and sailors
Armament: • 4 × 15 cm guns
• 4 × 60 cm torpedo tubes
• 40 mines

SMS S113 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1916 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I. She was the first ship of her class to be laid down, but the second and final ship of her class to be launched.

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Design

The Großes Torpedoboot 1916 class marked a significant departure from previous Imperial German torpedo boat design. The German admiralty found their torpedo boats were too lightly armed to compete with British torpedo boats, so the 1916 class was scaled up to such an extent it would have been considered a destroyer in any other Navy. The German Navy nevertheless retained the "torpedo boat" classification.

Construction

Built by Schichau Seebeckwerft, Germany, she was commissioned in January 1918. The "S" in S113 refers to the shipyard at which she was constructed.

Service

S113 never saw service during World War I as she was commissioned near the end of hostilities. She was transferred to the French Navy on 01 June 1920 and renamed Amiral Sénès. The Amiral Sénès served in the French Navy until 1936 when she was used for gunnery practice and sunk on 19 July 1938.

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