*NB- I could not find how many torpedoes the Deutschland Class Panzerschiffe carried. **NB- I excluded torpedo boats/Destroyers of less that 1000 tons displacement. ***NB - I am assuming no reloads. If I can find documentation that states otherwise I will change the table again. German Warship Torpedo Armament Battleships Deutschland Class (PreDreadnought) 5 tubes 16 torpedoes carried Nassau Class 6 tubes 16 torpedoes carried Helgoland Class 6 tubes 16 torpedoes carried Kaiser Class 5 tubes 19 or 20 torpedoes carried Konig Class 5 tubes 16 torpedoes carried Bayern Class 5 tubes 20 torpedoes carried Scharnhorst Class 6 tubes (after 1942) 18 torpedoes carried Tirpitz 8 tubes 24 torpedoes carried Armored/Battlecruisers Scharnhorst Class (1907 version) 4 tubes 11 torpedoes carried Blucher 4 tubes 11 torpedoes carried Von der Tann 4 tubes 11 torpedoes carried Moltke Class 4 tubes 11 torpedoes carried Seydlitz 4 tubes 11 torpedoes carried Derfflinger Class 4 tubes 12 torpedoes Carried Mackensen Class 5 tubes 20 torpedoes carried Armored Ships Deutschland Class 8 tubes 8 torpedoes carried*** Heavy Cruisers Hipper Class 12 tubes 24 torpedoes carried Light Cruisers Bremen Class 2 tubes 5 torpedoes carried Konigsberg Class 2 tubes 5 torpedoes carried Dresden Class 2 tubes 5 torpedoes carried Kolberg Class 2 tubes 5 torpedoes carried after 1918 4 tubes 9 torpedoes carried Magdeburg Class 2 tubes 5 torpedoes carried after 1915 4 tubes 9 torpedoes carried Karlsruhe Class 2 tubes 5 torpedoes carried after 1915 4 tubes 9 torpedoes carried Graudenz Class 2 tubes 5 rounds after 1915 4 tubes ? torpedoes carried Pillau Class 2 tubes ? torpedoes carried Wiesbaden Class 4 tubes 8 torpedoes carried Brummer Class 2 tubes 4 torpedoes carried Konigsberg II Class 4 tubes 8 torpedoes carried Coln Class 4 tubes 8 torpedoes carried Emden 4 tubes 12 torpedoes carried Konigsberg III Class 12 tubes 24 torpedoes carried Leipzig Class 12 tubes 24 torpedoes carried Torpedo Boats/Destroyers V-25 Class 6 tubes 8 torpedoes carried G-96 Class 6 tubes 8 torpedoes carried B-97 Class 6 tubes 8 torpedoes carried S-113 Class 4 tubes 8 torpedoes carried V-170 Class 6 tubes 8 torpedoes carried Mowe Class 6 tubes 6 torpedoes carried T-1 Class 6 tubes 6 torpedoes carried T-22 Class 6 tubes 6 torpedoes carried Z-1 Class 8 tubes 16 torpedoes carried Z-17 Class 8 tubes 16 torpedoes carried Z-23 Class 8 tubes 12 torpedoes carried --------------------------------------- Sources: Groener, Erich, author. Revised and Expanded by D. Jung and M. Maass. German Warships 1815-1945, Volume One: Major Surface Vessels.
http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/panzerschiffe/deutschland/tech.html Looks like 8 tubes in 2 quad launchers. EDIT: Whoops, apparently you had that. Guess I should have read it ALL before I posted!
A stab in the dark would be one full set of reloads. That fits with MOST of the WW2 era ships, and one would assume they were built to the same general doctrine. Obviously, that's a bit of a leap of faith though.
That seems reasonable. If a destroyer would ship a full set, it would be odd if a much larger ship did not.
But if anyone has a copy of Koop's POCKET BATTLESHIPS OF THE DEUTSCHLAND CLASS, would you check it and see if it tells how many torpedo reloads were carried.
Looking through Koop's, which leaves some to be desired in technical details on the torpedoes (v.good in other respects), I can't see how they would reload the torpedo launchers except with a tender or port facility. No reloads on deck, and the cutaways of the ship show no magazines anywhere near the launchers (or even any rooms big enough to be magazines). Also, storing torps belowdecks, inside the armor, would be contrary to standard naval practices at the time, which called for the highly volatile weapons to be stored outside the armored spaces. Sorry bubbas, but it's just 8 torps.
Koop's lists the weight allowance for torps at 21 tons, which would at most allow for 12 torps total, including those in the launchers. So there is a possibility for a few extra (more than 8 aren't listed anywhere), but I still can't find anything that would reload them, nor any space for carrying any beyond those in the launchers. So let's call it just 8 shots unless more info shows differently(as you already said
