[2] V30 was laid down as yard number 351 at AG Vulcan's Stettin shipyard, was launched on 18 September 1914 and commissioned on 16 November 1914.

225 tonnes (221 long tons) of fuel oil was carried, giving a range of 1,080 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,240 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).

[19] The battleships of the High Seas Fleet were deployed in support, with the hope of destroying isolated elements of the British Forces if they tried to intercept.

[22] V30 was part of the 9th Torpedo Boat Flotilla during the inconclusive Action of 19 August 1916, when the German High Seas Fleet sailed to cover a sortie of the battlecruisers of the 1st Scouting Group.

[23][24] In October 1916, the 3rd and 9th Torpedo Boat Flotillas were ordered to reinforce the German naval forces based in Flanders, in order to disrupt the Dover Barrage, a series of anti submarine minefields and nets that attempted to stop U-boats from operating in the English Channel, and to directly attack cross-Channel shipping.

[31][32][33] The 18th Half Flotilla did not encounter any of the hoped-for merchant ships, but on its return journey clashed with three British destroyers[g] which attempted to pursue, but lost contact after German fire caused Mohawk's rudder to jam.

[38][39] On the night of 26/27 November, the 9th Flotilla sortied again, stopping the Dutch merchant ship Beijerland and taking her pilot prisoner, and sinking the naval trawler Narval.

[44] By the terms of the Armistice, a large proportion of the Imperial German Navy, including 50 modern torpedo boats, were to be interned at Scapa Flow in Orkney.

[45] V30 was one of the torpedo boats allocated for internment, but stuck a mine and sunk on passage between Germany and Britain on 20 November 1918, killing two of her crew.