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V43 1915

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
V43		358	Vulcan, Stettin	1914	27.1.1915	5.1915	interned 11.1918, to USA 10.1920
V44		359	Vulcan, Stettin	1914	24.2.1915	7.1915	interned 11.1918, to United Kingdom 10.1920
V45		360	Vulcan, Stettin	1914	29.3.1915	9.1915	interned 11.1918, scuttled 21.6.1919
V46		361	Vulcan, Stettin	1914	23.12.1914	10.1915	interned 11.1918, to France 10.1920
V47		362	Vulcan, Stettin	1914	10.6.1915	11.1915	scuttled 2.11.1918
V48		363	Vulcan, Stettin	1914	6.8.1915	12/1915	sunk 31.5.1916

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	V43 - 46: 852 V47, 48: 924
Displacement full, t	V43 - 46: 1106 V47, 48: 1188
Length, m	V43 - 46: 79.6 oa 78.8 wl V47, 48: 83.1 oa 82.3 wl
Breadth, m	8.32
Draught, m	V43 - 46: 3.96 V47, 48: 3.90
No of shafts	2
Machinery	V43 - 45, 47, 48: 2 AEG-Vulcan steam turbines, 3 Marine boilers V46: 2 AEG-Vulcan steam turbines with torque converters, 3 Marine boilers
Power, h. p.	24000
Max speed, kts	V43 - 46: 34.5 V47, 48: 33.5
Fuel, t	V43 - 46: oil 296 V47, 48: oil 338
Endurance, nm(kts)	V43 - 46: 1750(17) V47, 48: 2050(17)
Armament	3 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14, 2 x 2 - 500 TT, 2 x 1 - 500 TT (8), 24 mines
Complement	87

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Project history

The second half-flotilla of 1914 mobilization destroyers. As with the Germania boats, V47 and V48 were enlarged by 3.5m during construction, increasing oil storage and range.

Modernizations

1916, V47, V48: - 3 x 1 - 88/42; + 3 x 1 - 105/42 Utof L/45 C/16 or TK L/45 C/16

Naval service

V48 was lost 31.5.1916 during the Battle of Jutland (she was sunk by gunfire of British battleships); V47 was scuttled during the German retreat from Belgium 2.11.1918 at Flanders coast; V43-46 were interned at Scapa Flow.