Nadel-class destroyer

The Nadel-class destroyer of Aerahwut large torpedo boats was the largest class of ships of this type built by the Kaiserlich Marine. Being the workhorse of the large torpedo boat fleets, they saw intensive action in the North Emihst and Crezahsh Expanse.

Design and Background
Compared to their predecessors, the Pfeil class on which the general design of these boats was based, the Nadel class was slightly enlarged, their main improvement was the addition of a third 88 mm (later 105 mm) gun and the doubled number of torpedo tubes. Some boats were modified during the war to transport 1-2 float planes.

Because of their intensive use, many of the boats got lost during the war, either through enemy gunfire or mine hits. The surviving boats were either scrapped or scuttled with the other ships of the Kaiserlich Marine in the 1940s. Although, most of them were raised and scrapped in the 1945.

Armament
Each boat initially carried three 88 mm (3.5 in) P/95 guns in single mounts, one forward and two aft, all on the centerline. Each gun was supplied with 100 rounds of ammunition. Most of the boats later had these guns replaced with three much more powerful 105 mm (4.1 in) P/14 guns, with 70 shells per gun. All the boats carried six 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes with eight torpedoes as their primary offensive armament. They were also equipped to lay naval mines, and each carried twenty-four mines. During the Great Sanctus War, ST387 briefly had her center gun removed to make room for a Kublanov Ku-14 seaplane.

General Characteristics
Dimensions: Weapons: Engines: Performance: Aircraft Carried: 1 × floatplane (on ST387 briefly)
 * Displacement: 975–1188 tons
 * Length:
 * 78.74–84.65 m (257.54–277.72 ft) overall
 * 77.94–83.7 m (255.71–274.61 ft) waterline
 * Beam: 8.33 m (27.3 ft)
 * Draft: 3.40–3.96 m (11.2–12.9 ft)
 * Crew: 83–87 officers and sailors
 * 3 × 88 mm (3.5 in) P/95 (several boats had 105 mm (4.1 in) P/14 guns)
 * 12–24 × mines
 * 6 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
 * Shafts: 2
 * Engines/turbines: 2
 * Type:
 * Water-tube boilers
 * Steam turbines
 * Total Performance: 23,516–26,300 shp
 * Speed: 32.8–36.3 kn
 * Range: 1100–1810 miles at 20 kn

Ships
1913 Program (V Flotilla Squadron) On completion, these vessels formed the V Torpedo Boat Flotilla Squadron of the High Seas Armada's Second Imperial Fleet.