SMS G113 was an built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1900s
Design
G113 was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . Displacement was normal and full load.Gröner 1983, p. 43. Three coal-fired water-tube boilers fed steam to two sets of triple-expansion steam engines rated at , giving a speed of .Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 264. of coal was carried, giving a range of at .
Armament consisted of three 5 cm SK L/40 guns in single mounts, together with three torpedo tubes,Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 265. with two spare torpedoes. The ship was later re-armed, with an 8.8 cm gun replacing one of the 5.0 cm guns.
Service history G113 was launched at Germaniawerft's Kiel shipyard on 9 August 1902, and commissioned on 16 October 1902.Gröner 1983, p. 44. In May 1907, she was a member of the 1st Half Flotilla.Rangeliste der Kaiserlisch-Deutschen Marine für das Jahr 1907 p. 29. In May 1914, she was the leader of the IV Torpedoboat Flotilla (a reserve unit),Rangeliste der Kaiserlisch-Deutschen Marine für das Jahr 1914 p. 63. and remained leader of IV Flotilla in October 1914.Fock 1989, p. 347. She was renamed T113 on 4 September 1914.Gröner 1983, p. 44. In April 1915, T113 was a member of the 7th Torpedo-boat Half Flotilla, operating in the Baltic Sea.Firle 1929, p. 46. By May 1916, T113 was part of a harbour protection flotilla for the Elbe and by the end of the war, was one of 36 torpedo boats forming the 1st Escort Flotilla.Fock 1989, pp. 347–348.
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