An item reported that the German torpedo boat S 90 (10 fought in the end of August met the British destroyer Keunet (2) at a small distance of Tsingtao. The Germans claimed that the Keunet was heavily damaged with 3 killed and 8 wounded and seek refugee at Wei-hai-Wei. The Keunet claimed however to have destroyed the S 90, something the Germans denied.
Notes
1. Laid down by Schichau-Werke at Elbing (nowadays Poland) in 1898, launched on 26 July 1899, delivered on 24 October 1899, after she torpedoed the Japanese cruiser Takachiho was she scuttled by her own crew at Tsingtao on 17 October 1914 and her crew interned in China. Displacement 310 (design)-394 (maximum) tons, dimensions 63 x 7,0 x 2,83 metres, speed 27 knots, crew numbering 57 men and an armament of 3-5cm l/40 guns and 3-45cm torpedo tubes. The HMS Kennet was indeed forced to retreat by gunfire of the S.90 and a 10cm gun battery ashore and the appearance of the German SMS gunboat Jaguar on the scene.
2. The Kennet, laid down as a Thornycroft Type River Class destroyer at John I. Thornycroft, Chiswick on 5 February 1902, launched on 4 December 1903 and commissioned on 1 January 1905. Displacement 550 (standard)-615 (full load) tons and as dimensions 68,81 (over all) x 7,27 x 2,4 metres or 225.9 x 23.10½ x 8 feet. Speed 25,5 knots. Crew numbering 70 men. Armament consisted of 1-12pd quick firing Mark I 12cwt gun, 3-12pd quick firing 8cwet guns and 2x1-45cm/18” torpedo tubes.
