Name S113 Commissioned 5 August 1919 Acquired 1 June 1920 Length 105 m Displacement 2.415 million kg Builder Schichau-Werke | Ordered 1916 Name Amiral Sénès Launched 31 January 1918 Weight 2,415 tons Beam 10 m | |
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Fate Transferred to the French Navy after cessation of hostilities | ||
The French destroyer Amiral Sénès was a 1916 class Large Torpedo Boat (Großes Torpedoboot) of the Imperial German Navy 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 1916 class marked a significant departure from previous Imperial German torpedo boat designs. The German admiralty found their torpedo boats were too lightly armed to compete with British torpedo boats or destroyers, 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.
Service
Built by the Schichau-Werke in Elbing Germany, she was launched in January 1918. The "S" in S113 refers to the shipyard at which she was constructed.
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 1 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.