B.98

Fleet

HochSeeFlotte

Ship Type

Destroyer

Nickname

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Ship Class

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Grouping

II Torpedo Boat Flotilla (II Scouting group).Flotilla leader

Command

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Builder's Yard

Blohm und Voss, Hamburg

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

02.01.1915

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

The ship in the back is identified as a a Destroyer Torpedoboat of the II. Flottille (Flottillenchef: Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Schuur). It is the Torpedoboot-Zerstörer S.M.S. “B 98” (Flottillenführerboot): Kapitänleutnant Theodor Hengstenberg. It was made around 1914 by Blohm and Voss, hence the prefix B. The B.98 saw quite some action, it was hit by a torpedo once and hit a mine, both with casualties, but they always reached the harbor for repairs. This ship was part of a large Imperial fleet which fought at the battle of Jutland in 1916 (Skagerrakschlacht). The British had 151 combat ships vs the 99 German ones.After the surrender of Germany, the British massed a large fleet of German ships in the Scapa flow (at the Scottish island of Mainland. Ludwig Von Reuter, commander of the fleet ordered to sink their own ships, rather than handing them over to the British. The B98 survived this along with 7 other boats, but over 50 were destroyed. The British did end up scrapping the survivors later anyway.

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Became the mail delivery boat in Scapa Flow

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Kapitänleutnant Theodor Hengstenberg

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

114

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

2

Wounded

11

Prisoners

1

Displacement full Load (tons)

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Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

321' 6"

Length (mtrs)

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Beam (ft)

30' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

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Draught (ft)

10' 3"

Draught (mtrs)

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Max. Speed (knots)

35.5 - 36.5

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

oil

Propulsion

2 shaft oil fired turbines, with rated shp 36,000 - 40,000

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

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Guns (No.barrels) 2

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Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Four 3.4" guns, Re-armed with Four 4.1" guns 1916. 24 mines

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

20"

No. tubes

6

Torpedo Type MM

500 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

Layout two double tubes, two singles.

References & sources

John C Taylor German Warships of World War One. Tarant Jutland.The German Perspective