SMS S23

SMS S23 refers to two torpedo boats built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy):

  • SMS S23 (1885), a S7-class torpedo boat launched on 10 October 1885, and sold in 1905.[1]
  • SMS S23 (1913), a V1-class torpedo boat launched in 1913, renamed T23 in 1932, again renamed T123 in 1939, and converted to control ship for radio-controlled target ships in 1939, being renamed Komet. Ceded to the Soviet Union in 1946.[2]

Citations
  1. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 32.
  2. Gröner, Jung & Maass 1983, p. 52.

References
  • Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1983). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnellboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote (in German). Koblenz: Bernard & Graef Verlag. ISBN 3-7637-4801-6.
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