SMS S34 (1914)
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SMS S34[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] was a V25-class large torpedo boat of the Imperial German Navy that served during the First World War. She was built by the Schichau-Werke shipyard in Elbing, East Prussia in 1913–1914 and was completed in being launched on 4 April 1914 and was completed in November 1914.
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Name | SMS S34 |
Builder | Schichau-Werke, Elbing |
Launched | 13 June 1914 |
Completed | 5 November 1914 |
Fate | Mined and sunk 3 October 1918 |
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Class and type | V25-class torpedo boat |
Displacement | 802 t (789 long tons) design |
Length | 79.6 m (261 ft 2 in) o/a |
Beam | 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
Installed power | 23,500 PS (23,200 shp; 17,300 kW) |
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Speed | 33.5 kn (38.6 mph; 62.0 km/h) |
Complement | 83 |
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S34 served in the Baltic and with the German High Seas Fleet in the North Sea during the First World War, taking part in the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915 and the Battle of Jutland on 31 May–1 June 1916. She also took part in attacks on shipping in the English Channel, including the Battle of Dover Strait in October 1916. She was sunk by a British mine in the North Sea on 3 October 1918.