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KuK 1000ton Torpedo Boat Design

In 1917 the admiralty planned new destroyers to not just replenish it's forces but expand them and continue the tradition of quality over quantity (just like how the Japanese adopted the same strategy) and designed an 500ton and 1000ton ocean going fleet torpedo boats. While the 500ton torpedo boat was a true torpedo boat emphasizing speed and armament on a smaller hull and thus reduced range (this design was to be armed with 2x1 66mm guns and 2x2 53cm torpedoes with a speed of 61km/h (33knots) and 1850km range (1000nm)) but this design considered too small for the admiralty while the larger 1.000ton boat (which I draw) was more of a true destroyer or if you like a super torpedo boat.
This 1.000ton variant was to be armed with 3x1 12cm/45 guns and 2x2 53cm torpedo tubes essentially double the firepower of the Tátra class destroyers while maintain a speed of 59km/h (32knots) for 20 hours and a range of 2800km (1500nm) at 37km/h (20knots). To achieve the high speed and required endurance the hull was made very economical hence the water drop shape which reduce resistance in water but on the other hand not provides much space on the aft as you can see. To provide space for the armament it was necessary to trunks many funnels as possible and give us a modern looking two funnelled design with enough space to put the 3rd 12cm gun between them.

I wasn't able to find data about dimensions about this design so a scaling of the drawing had to be done based on the Tatra drawings.
In the end the resulting dimensions as follows: length: 108,3m with a width of 10,5m and a draught of 3meters.

As you can see on the sketch drawing there are no mentions of AA guns, but as the Tátra's were equipped with such weapons as well as the improved Tátra class to feature AA guns, not to mention all subsequent destroyer designs to be equipped with an increased number of AA guns, it seemed logical that these ships too to be equipped with 2x 66mm AA guns, the chosen AA weapon of the navy.

Original sketch drawing of this project:
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