German ocean-going torpedo boats of World War I

The first German Naval Law of 1898 legislated the construction of an ocean-going battle fleet by Imperial Germany. To accompany the squadrons of battleships and cruisers, the law called for the construction of flotillas of large torpedo-boats (große Torpedoboote), considerably larger, better armed and more seaworthy than the previous torpedo boats built by Germany. Although they were initially given numbers in the same series as the smaller torpedo-boats(GE), officially they were called ocean-going torpedo-boats (Hochseetorpedoboote) and they were in many ways the equivalent of the contemporary destroyers in other navies (they were often referred to as such by their crews). During the next 20 years a total of 336 such vessels were ordered for the German navy; these vessels are listed in th

German ocean-going torpedo boats of World War I

The first German Naval Law of 1898 legislated the construction of an ocean-going battle fleet by Imperial Germany. To accompany the squadrons of battleships and cruisers, the law called for the construction of flotillas of large torpedo-boats (große Torpedoboote), considerably larger, better armed and more seaworthy than the previous torpedo boats built by Germany. Although they were initially given numbers in the same series as the smaller torpedo-boats(GE), officially they were called ocean-going torpedo-boats (Hochseetorpedoboote) and they were in many ways the equivalent of the contemporary destroyers in other navies (they were often referred to as such by their crews). During the next 20 years a total of 336 such vessels were ordered for the German navy; these vessels are listed in th