v.46

Fleet

HochSeeFlotte

Ship Type

Destroyer

Nickname

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Ship Class

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Grouping

III Torpedo Boat Flotilla, S.53 leader, VI Half Flotilla, IV Scouting Group

Command

Hipper

Builder's Yard

A.G.Vulkan, Stettin

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

06.08.1915

Completed date

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Commission date

10.12.1915

Year laid down

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Year launched

1915

Year completed

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Commission Year

1915

Pennant No

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Photo Details

Courtesy Laboe Naval Archives

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Sunk at Jutland 31.05.1916

Jutland result

exchanged fire with the damaged HMS Shark and was brought to a full stop by a 4" shell. HMS Valiant fired and hit her with 6" fire. V.48 was sunk by fire from the 12th Destroyer flotilla. The sole survivor was Hans Robert Tietje who spent 14 hours in the water before being picked up by a Danish fishing boat.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Eckoldt

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

87

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

90

Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

924

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

272' 6"

Length (mtrs)

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Beam (ft)

27' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

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Draught (ft)

11' 6"

Draught (mtrs)

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Max. Speed (knots)

33.5 - 34.5

Range (miles)

1100 nm/20 knotsWIK

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

oil

Propulsion

2 shaft oil-fired geared turbines rating 24,000 - 25,000 shp.

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

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Guns (No.barrels) 2

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Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Two 3.4" single mounts (88 mm).

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

1916 re-armed with three 4.1" single mounted guns (105 mm)

Torpedo Type IN

20"

No. tubes

6

Torpedo Type MM

500 mm

No. Mines

24

Torpedo Notes

Layout two double and 2 single torpedo tubes

References & sources

John C Taylor German Warships of World War One. Tarant Jutland.The German Perspective. 83 officers and enlisted men (WIKI), Displacement 1,051 tons (WIKI)