Battlefields & battle sites · Scottish Islands
SMS V46
SMS V46 in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
SMS V46 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 V46 was a 1913 Type Large Torpedo Boat (Großes Torpedoboot) of the Imperial German Navy during World War I. She was built by AG Vulcan at their Stettin shipyard, being launched on 23 December 1914 and completing in October 1915. V46 was part of the German High Seas Fleet during the war, and took part in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. In 1917, she, along with the rest of her flotilla, was deployed to Flanders, taking part in raids against allied shipping and the Dover Barrage, before returning the Germany. In October 1917, V46 took part in Operation Albion, the German landings on the West Estonian archipelago. V46 was interned at Scapa Flow after the end on the fighting, and after attempts to scuttle her on 21 June 1919 failed, was transferred to France in 1920 and scrapped in 1924.
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Background
Architecture
Ordered from AG Vulcan on 22 April 1914 as part of the 1914 construction programme of high-seas torpedo-boats (with a half-flotilla of 6 ordered from Germaniawerft and a second half-flotilla from Vulcan), she was launched from AG Vulcan's Stettin, (now Szczecin in Poland) on 23 December 1914 and commissioned on 31 October 1915. The "V" in V46 denoted the shipbuilder who constructed her. V46 was 79.6 m long overall and 78.8 m at the waterline, with a beam of 8.32 m and a draught of 3.61 m. Displacement was 852 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, driving two propeller shafts via Föttinger…
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- Coordinates
- 58.8454, -3.2019
- District
- Orkney Islands
- Postcode
- KW16 3NU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is SMS V46?
- SMS V46 is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 58.8454°, -3.2019°.
- Is SMS V46 free to visit?
- Yes — admission to SMS V46 is free.