The G132 class of torpedo boat

Torpedo boat

A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval vessel designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. They were created to counter battleships and other large, slow and...

s was a group of large torpedo boats built for the German

German Empire

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 Kaiserliche Marine

Kaiserliche Marine

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 in the early 20th century. The class comprised five ships: G132, G133, G134, G135, and G136. German torpedo boats were designated by shipbuilder; in the case of the G132 class, the ships were all built by Germaniawerft

Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft

Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft was a German shipbuilding company, located in the harbour at Kiel, and one of the largest and most important builders of U-boats for the Kaiserliche Marine in World War I and the Kriegsmarine in World War II.-History:The company was founded in 1867 by Lloyd Foster, as...

 in Kiel

Kiel

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, as denoted by the "G". All five ships saw active service, and were scrapped after the end of World War I

World War I

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, in 1921.

Armament

The first three ships of the class, G132, G133, and G134, were equipped with four 5.2 cm (2 in) SK L/55 guns in single gun mounts. These guns fired a shell that weighed 1.75 kilogram at a muzzle velocity of 850 m/s (2,788.7 ft/s). The guns could elevate up to 20 degrees, at a maximum range of 7100 m (7,764.7 yd). The last two ships of the class were equipped with two of the 5.2 cm guns and one 8.8 cm (3.45 in) SK L/35 gun. The 8.8 cm gun fired a shell weighing 7 kg (15 lb) at a muzzle velocity of 690 m/s (2,263.8 ft/s). The gun could be elevated to 25 degrees, for a maximum range of 8790 m (9,612.9 yd). All five of the ships carried three 45 cm (17.7 in) deck-mounted single torpedo tubes.

Ships of the class

Boat	Construction				Commanders	Fate
	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Shipyard
G132		12 May 1906		Germaniawerft Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft was a German shipbuilding company, located in the harbour at Kiel, and one of the largest and most important builders of U-boats for the Kaiserliche Marine in World War I and the Kriegsmarine in World War II.-History:The company was founded in 1867 by Lloyd Foster, as...		Broken up, 28 May 1921
G133		30 June 1906		Germaniawerft		Broken up, 28 May 1921
G134		23 July 1906		Germaniawerft		Broken up, 13 May 1921
G135		7 September 1906		Germaniawerft		Broken up, 10 October 1921
G136		25 August 1906		Germaniawerft		Broken up, 20 August 1921