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SMS V43
SMS V43 in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
SMS V43 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 V43 was a V25-class Large Torpedo Boat (Großes Torpedoboot) of the Imperial German Navy, that served during the First World War. V43 was built by AG Vulcan at their Stettin shipyard from 1914–1915, entering service on 28 May that year. V43 took part in operations in the North Sea, the English Channel and the Baltic Sea. She survived the war, and was interned at Scapa Flow, surviving the Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow. V43 was allocated to the US Navy, and was sunk as a target on 15 July 1921.
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Background
Architecture
V43 was the first ship in the second batch of six V25-class torpedo boats (V43–V48) ordered from AG Vulcan for the Imperial German Navy on 22 April 1914, as part of the 1914 shipbuilding programme.{{#tag:ref|The Imperial German Navy's practice was to split a year's orders into half-flotillas of six torpedo boats from different builders, to differing detailed design. V44 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…
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- Coordinates
- 58.8454, -3.2019
- District
- Orkney Islands
- Postcode
- KW16 3NU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
- Established
- 1915
Sources
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is SMS V43?
- SMS V43 is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode KW16 3NU).
- What is SMS V43?
- SMS V43 in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to SMS V43?
- Drivers can use postcode KW16 3NU.
- When was SMS V43 built?
- Built or established in 1915.
- How do I get to SMS V43?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KW16 3NU. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.