Battlefields & battle sites · Scottish Islands
SMS V45
SMS V45 in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
SMS V45 is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
SMS V45 was a 1913 Type large torpedo boat (Großes Torpedoboot) of the Imperial German Navy during World War I. V45 was built by AG Vulcan at their Stettin shipyard, being launched on 29 March 1915 and completed on 30 September that year. V45 served with the German 6th Torpedo Boat Flotilla for the remainder of the war, taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The torpedo boat carried out operations in the English Channel and in the Baltic Sea, and took part in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1917. V45 was interned at Scapa Flow following the end of the war, and was scuttled on 21 June 1919.
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Background
Architecture
On 22 April 1914, the Imperial German Navy ordered 12 torpedo boats as part of its 1914 shipbuilding programme, with six each ordered from Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft and AG Vulcan. Vulcan's design was 79.6 m long overall and 78.8 m between perpendiculars, with a beam of 8.3 m and a draft of 3.6 m. Displacement was 952 t normal and 1106 t deep load. Three oil-fired water-tube boilers fed steam to 2 sets of AEG-Vulcan steam turbines rated at 24000 PS, giving a speed of 33.5 kn. 338 t of fuel oil was carried, giving a range of 2050 nmi at 17 kn.|group=lower-alpha}} together with six 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes with two fixed single tubes forward and 2 twin mounts aft. Up to 24 mines could…
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- Coordinates
- 58.8274, -3.1745
- District
- Orkney Islands
- Postcode
- KW16 3NR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is SMS V45?
- SMS V45 is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 58.8274°, -3.1745°.
- Is SMS V45 free to visit?
- Yes — admission to SMS V45 is free.