very similar V25 1914
| 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 |
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Displacement normal, t |
V43 - 46: 852 V47, 48: 924 |
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Displacement full, t |
V43 - 46: 1106 V47, 48: 1188 |
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Length, m |
V43 - 46: 79.6 oa 78.8 wl V47, 48: 83.1 oa 82.3 wl |
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Breadth, m |
8.32 |
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Draught, m |
V43 - 46: 3.96 V47, 48: 3.90 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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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 |
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Power, h. p. |
24000 |
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Max speed, kts |
V43 - 46: 34.5 V47, 48: 33.5 |
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Fuel, t |
V43 - 46: oil 296 V47, 48: oil 338 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
V43 - 46: 1750(17) V47, 48: 2050(17) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14, 2 x 2 - 500 TT, 2 x 1 - 500 TT (8), 24 mines |
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Complement |
87 |
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.
V43 1915
© Ivan Gogin, 2014