SMS V46 | |
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Career (German Empire) | |
Ordered: | 1914 Peacetime order |
Builder: | AG Vulcan Stettin, Germany |
Launched: | 23 December 1914 |
Commissioned: | 31 October 1915 |
Fate: |
• Interned at Scapa Flow 22 November 1918 • Transferred to France in 1920 • Scrapped in 1924 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 1,051 tonnes |
Length: | 79.5 meters |
Beam: | 8.33 m |
Draft: | 3.74 m (fwd); 3.45 meters (aft) |
Speed: | 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h) |
Range: |
1,100 nautical miles at 20 knots (2,040 km at 37 km/h) |
Complement: | 83 officers and sailors |
Armament: |
• 3 × 3.4 in (86 mm) guns • 6 × 500 mm torpedo tubes • 24 mines |
SMS V46 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the German Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 22nd ship of her class.
Construction[]
Built by AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard, Germany, she was launched in December 1914. The "V" in V46 denotes at which shipyard she was built.
Service[]
V46 was assigned to the Sixth Torpedo Boat Flotilla, Twelfth Half-Flotilla, of the High Seas Fleet of the Kaiserliche Marine when she participated in the Battle of Jutland.
After the end of hostilities, V46 was interned at Scapa Flow. Attempts to scuttle her with the rest of the German fleet were unsuccessful. She was transferred to France in 1920 and scrapped in 1924.
References[]
The original article can be found at SMS V46 and the edit history here.