nearly sister ship LM17 1918
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Names |
LM7 - 10 (ex-L7 - 10) |
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Builders |
Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany: LM7 - 10 |
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Commissioned |
1917 // ---: LM7 - 10 |
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Losses |
LM7 (1919), LM8 (1919), LM9 (1919) |
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Transfers |
None |
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Discarding |
1921: LM10 |
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Displacement normal, t |
7 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
16.0 |
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Breadth, m |
2.40 |
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Draught, m |
0.68 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 Maybach HS petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
720 |
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Max speed, kts |
31.8 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 1 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 7.9/79, 1 - 450 TT (bow, 1) |
| Complement | 7 |
Project history: Originally called L-boats because of their airship (Lüfåschiff) engines, this type of German 7t MTB was later reclassified as LM boats to avoid confusions with the L-numbered Zeppelins. The Austrian Navy showed keen interest in obtaining German MTBs and an agreement of 20 August 1918 ordered that out of the 6 boats (LM3-6, LM11, LM12) which were to be sent to Pola via railway for employment by the German C-in-C of the Mediterranean U-boats, and LM7-10 were to be handed over to the Austro-Hungarian Navy (plans also included later transfer of LM3-6, 11 and 12). Also LM13 was to be sold to the Austrians after her completion; but none of these boats reached Pola before the end of the war.