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One more post for the moment, a whole swath of torpedo boats to swarm your enemies with
Devrient'sche Spierentorpedoboote Nummer I-III (1874)
After the Franco-German War in 1870, Germany was the first nation to try and build specially designed mine vessels that were small, inconspicuous, and fast. This was brought about when during the war, a destroyer flotilla was created from improvised watercraft. However, it was quickly realized that these improvised craft had none of the qualities previously stated. So in 1871, a competition was announced for the construction of said mine vessels. The firms Devrient and Waltjen succeeded in winning, constructing three boats each, numbered 1 to 3. (It should be noted that the designations of Nr. I-III were not three boats in total, but for the three boats from each of the firms). The ships were designed with a low carapace deck to reduce silhouette, and ensure stealthiness. These ships could have been called ancestors of the destroyer class, but in reality only reached around 8 knots max. With such a low speed, they were re-designated as minelayers (F1 to F6). In this roll, they served to protect Wilhelmshaven Fortress, and with the onset of the Great War, these minelaying tugs were moved to protect Friedrichschafen Fortress. Post-war, they were put up for sale, and served as patrol craft for the water police until 1925, where they were then sold again to the construction management of the Oder Channel in Griefenhagen.
Schuetze Class (1883)
After the failure of it's first type of destroyers, the Bremen firm "Weser" went to the British firm Thornycroft for help in building their next class of destroyers. However the ships of the Schuetze class didn't fair much better than their predecessors. Although these ships entered service before the Thornycroft Nr.IV/Th-2 (see below), they were numbered from Nr. V to Nr. XI. Together these boats formed the 1st Torpedo Flotilla (TF.1) and where used in training roles. The vessels were gradually scrapped from 1900-1908, with the last vessel being used as a target ship.
Thornycroft Nummer IV/Th-2 Series Type (1884)
A singular vessel of its type, "Nummer IV" was ordered from John I. Thornycroft & Co. in Britain. However, this type of midget destroyer did not catch on for the Reichsmarine, so the vessel was renamed to Seebaer (Sea Bear/Sea Wolf) and used in various experiments to test out a gyroscopic anti-role system. Fate unknown.
W-1 Class (1884)
Ordered from Thornycroft & Yarrow, the six destroyers of the W-1 Class (W=Weser, located in Bremen) were listed as Nr. XII-XVII (later renamed W1 to W-6). These were ordered along with the V-1 (V=Vulcan, located in Stettin; V-1 to V-10) and S-1 (S=Schichau, located in Elbing; S-1 to S-6) classes. The "Weser" ships initially were woefully under-powered, and even after being rebuilt - the alterations being so significant that they were assigned new tactical numbers! (W-11 to W-16). But even after this rebuild, they were still 1-2 knots slower than the ships of the S-1 class. As such, there were relegated to harbor patrol and training duties, but also sometimes participated in fleet exercises. On January 30th, 1899, all ships were decommissioned, and served as watch boats until 1910.
S-7 Class (S-7)
With Schichau being the Kaiser's primary builder of torpedo boats, the S-7 class were further developments of the previous S-1 class, with the addition of a third, deck mounted torpedo tube. More variants to follow*
Edit*: I also want to note that I had previously had posted ships of the S-7 sub-classes (S-24/32/33, S-42/58, S-66/74, S-82/G-88), but I realized I had made quite a few errors for those drawings. So I will be correcting those errors and then repost those ships later on with their appropriate modifications; as well as new drawings for the Th-1, V-1, S-1, White Y, & G classes.