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32-550: V43 may refer to: MÁV Class V43 , a locomotive SMS  V43 , a torpedo boat of the Imperial German Navy Vanadium-43 , an isotope of vanadium V 3 , the second inversion of the dominant seventh chord Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title V43 . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

64-633: A complement of 87 officers and men. At the end of January 1916, V43 was part of the 6th Torpedo-boat Flotilla. On 10 February 1916, V43 took part in a sortie by 25 torpedo boats of the 2nd, 6th and 9th Torpedo-boat Flotillas into the North Sea . The sortie led to an encounter between several German torpedo boats and British minesweepers off the Dogger Bank , which resulted in the British minesweeper Arabis being torpedoed and sunk by ships of

96-774: A crew of 79. The four destroyers were ordered in June 1914, but the outbreak of the First World War resulted in them being purchased by Britain in August 1914. The second of the two ships built by John Brown, named Lesvos by the Greeks, was launched at John Brown's Clydebank shipyard on 27 March 1915 and was completed in May that year. She was the seventh Medusa to serve with the Royal Navy. On commissioning, Medusa joined

128-773: A major attack on the Dover Barrage and shipping in the Channel on the night of 17/18 March. Seven torpedo boats of the 6th Flotilla, including V43 were to attack the Dover Barrage north of the Sandettie Bank , with five torpedo boats of the 1st Zeebrugge Half-Flotilla attacking south of the Sandettie Bank, and four ships of the 2nd Zeebrugge Half-Flotilla operating against the Downs. The 6th Flotilla met

160-537: A modified machinery arrangement. The ships were 273 feet 4 inches (83.31 m) long overall and 265 feet 0 inches (80.77 m) between perpendiculars , with a beam of 26 feet 8 inches (8.13 m) and a draught of 11 feet 2 inches (3.40 m). Displacement was 1,040 long tons (1,060 t) normal and 1,178 long tons (1,197 t) deep load. Three Yarrow water-tube boilers fed steam to Brown-Curtis impulse steam turbines , driving two propeller shafts. The machinery

192-539: A powerful naval force to support the operation, reinforced by forces detached from the High Seas Fleet, including the 6th Torpedo Boat Flotilla and V44 . On 17 November 1917, V43 was part of the covering force for minesweeping operations in the Heligoland Bight , when a British force, including the large cruisers Courageous and Glorious , eight light cruisers and ten destroyers attacked. In

224-728: The Battle of Jutland . V44 was part of the 7th Torpedo Boat Flotilla during the inconclusive Action of 19 August 1916 , when the German High Seas Fleet sailed to cover a sortie of the battlecruisers of the 1st Scouting Group. On 22 January 1917, 11 torpedo boats of the 6th Torpedo Boat Flotilla, including V43 , left Helgoland to reinforce the German torpedo forces in Flanders . The British Admiralty knew about this transfer due to codebreaking by Room 40 , and ordered

256-595: The Harwich Force of cruisers and destroyers to intercept the German torpedo boats. he British set six light cruisers, two flotilla leaders and sixteen destroyers to intercept the eleven German ships, deploying them in several groups to make sure that all possible routes were covered. During the night of 22–23 January, the 6th Flotilla encountered three British light cruisers ( Aurora , Conquest and Centaur ). G41 and V69 were both badly damaged by British fire and collision, but managed to break contact with

288-537: The Harwich Force . On 4–5 August 1915, Medusa took part in a sweep of four light cruisers and four destroyers of the Harwich Force against German torpedo-boats and trawlers that were believed to be patrolling off Terschelling . The force encountered no German surface forces, although a submarine, which quickly dived away, was sighted near the North Hinder light vessel. On 16 August 1915, 8 destroyers of

320-500: The Imperial German Navy on 22 April 1914, as part of the 1914 shipbuilding programme. She was launched as Yard number 358 on 27 January 1915 and completed on 20 July 1915. V44 was 79.6 metres (261 ft 2 in) long overall and 78.8 metres (258 ft 6 in) between perpendiculars , with a beam of 8.3 metres (27 ft 3 in) and a draft of 3.6 metres (11 ft 10 in). Displacement

352-512: The 10th Destroyer Flotilla, including Medusa , set out from Sheerness to escort the minelayer Princess Margaret which was tasked with laying a minefield on the Arum Bank. On the afternoon of 17 August, the force encountered a number of neutral and German fishing trawlers, which were suspected of signalling to Germany by radio. One trawler, the Roland BX.40 , was boarded and scuttled by

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384-404: The 2nd Flotilla. On 25 March 1916, the British seaplane carrier Vindex , escorted by the light cruisers and destroyers of the Harwich Force , launched an air raid against an airship base believed to be at Hoyer on the coast of Schleswig . The raid was unsuccessful, with the destroyer Medusa being badly damaged in a collision (and later having to be scuttled) and German forces, including

416-401: The 6th Torpedo-boat Flotilla with V43 , sortied in response. Poor weather forced the German torpedo boats to turn back, but the torpedo boats G193 and G194 encountered British cruisers, with G194 being rammed by the British cruiser Cleopatra and sunk, before the cruiser Undaunted collided with Cleopatra . On 24 April 1916, the German battlecruisers of I Scouting Group and

448-452: The British destroyer Paragon on crossing the Dover Barrage. Paragon challenged the German torpedo boats, which replied with gunfire and torpedoes, Paragon being struck by torpedoes from S49 and G46 and sunk. The 12th Half-Flotilla (including V43 ) became separated from the rest of the 6th Flotilla in this action, and therefore returned to base, while the remaining three ships of the flotilla continued on, torpedoing and badly damaging

480-651: The British ships, while the rest of the Flotilla escaped unharmed and continued on its way. S50 lost contact with the remainder of the Flotilla, and encountered a group of British destroyers, sinking Simoom . The 6th Flotilla carried out unsuccessful sorties into the Channel on 25 January and against a convoy between Britain and the Netherlands on 29 January before the Flanders forces were further reinforced on 18 February. The Flanders-based flotillas launched

512-559: The Coventry Syndicate, a consortium of the shipbuilders John Brown , Fairfield and Cammell Laird and the armament manufacturer Coventry Ordnance Works . The cruisers were to be built by Cammell Laird while two destroyers each would be built by John Brown and Fairfield. The destroyers were of similar design to the contemporary M-class being built for the British Royal Navy, with the major difference being

544-417: The day went on, the weather grew steadily worse, with frequent snow storms and heavy seas, and at 7:40 pm the tow-line parted with the ships still only 50 nautical miles (58 mi; 93 km) from Horns Reef . Commodore Tyrwhitt , commander of the Harwich Force, ordered Medusa ' s crew to abandon ship. The destroyer Lassoo took off Medusa ' s crew, sustaining minor damage to her stem during

576-418: The destroyer Laverock collided with Medusa . Medusa ' s engine room was holed and began to flood, meaning that Medusa lost all power and was unable to steam. Medusa was taken under tow by the flotilla leader Lightfoot . At first Lightfoot proceeded at a speed of 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) with the two ships and escorting destroyers coming under frequent attack by German aircraft. As

608-538: The destroyer Llewellen before returning to base, while a merchant ship was sunk by the 2nd Zeebrugge Half-Flotilla east of the Downs. The 6th Flotilla returned to Germany on 29 March 1917. In October 1917, Germany launched Operation Albion , an invasion of islands in the West Estonian archipelago to secure the left flank of the German Army following the German capture of Riga . The Germans assembled

640-549: The destroyer Miranda , while Medusa stopped and searched a second German trawler, the Boreas , while the remaining ships of the force continued on with the mission. As the search found no radio, and believing that orders stated that trawlers could only be captured if radios were found, Medusa released Boreas . In fact, the commander of the operation, aboard Princess Margaret , had ordered that all German trawlers be sunk as well as any neutral trawlers found with radios. Meanwhile,

672-698: The light cruisers of the II Scouting Group set out from Kiel on a mission to bombard the British East-coast towns of Yarmouth and Lowestoft , with the torpedo boats of the 6th and 9th Torpedo Boat Flotillas as escorts, and V43 as part of the 6th Flotilla. The battleships of the High Seas Fleet were deployed in support, with the hope of destroying isolated elements of the British Forces if they tried to intercept. There

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704-473: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=V43&oldid=1161532014 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages SMS V43 V43 was the first ship in the second batch of six V25 -class torpedo boats ( V43 – V48 ) ordered from AG Vulcan for

736-422: The operation was abandoned after the main force encountered a group of German destroyers, one of which B98 , torpedoed and damaged the destroyer Mentor . On 24 March 1916, the Harwich Force set out on a raid by seaplanes launched by the seaplane carrier Vindex against a German airship base believed to be at Hoyer on the coast of Schleswig , with Medusa sailing as part of the escort. The air attack

768-443: The rescue operation, leaving Medusa apparently in sinking condition in heavy weather. Despite this, Medusa remained afloat, and was sighted by a Dutch trawler on 27 March. On hearing reports that Medusa was still afloat, the Royal Navy sent three submarines, D6 , E4 and E29 to search for her. On 3 April, Medusa was discovered by another Dutch trawler which took the destroyer under tow and towed her to Terschelling, but

800-605: The resulting Second Battle of Heligoland Bight , the Germans evaded the British until the appearance of the battleships of the German High Seas Fleet caused the British to break off the action. Only a single German trawler was sunk. After the end of hostilities, V43 was interned at Scapa Flow in accordance with the terms of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 . On 21 June 1919, the German fleet interned at Scapa scuttled itself , but British forces managed to beach several of

832-595: The ships before they could sink, including V43 . The Treaty of Versailles allocated a battleship, a cruiser and three torpedo boats to the United States as "Propaganda ships", which could be used for a short period of time for experimental purposes or as targets. V43 was one of these ships. V43 turned over to the United States and commissioned on 4 June 1920 for passage across the Atlantic, before being decommissioned at Norfolk, Virginia on 30 August 1920. She

864-723: Was 952 tonnes (937 long tons) normal and 1,106 tonnes (1,089 long tons) deep load. Three oil-fired water-tube boilers fed steam to 2 sets of AEG-Vulcan steam turbines rated at 24,000 metric horsepower (24,000 shp; 18,000 kW), giving a speed of 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph). 338 tonnes (333 long tons) of fuel oil was carried, giving a range of 2,050 nautical miles (3,800 km; 2,360 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph). Armament originally consisted of three 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns in single mounts, together with six 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes with two fixed single tubes forward and 2 twin mounts aft. Up to 24 mines could be carried. The ship had

896-410: Was a brief engagement between the German forces and the light cruisers and destroyers of the Harwich Force , which caused the German battlecruisers to break off the bombardment of Lowestoft, but rather than take the change to destroy the outnumbered British force, the Germans chose to retire. V43 did not sail with the rest of the 6th Torpedo-boat Flotilla when it left Kiel on 31 May 1916, and so missed

928-635: Was launched by the Scottish shipbuilder John Brown in March 1915 and was completed in July that year. She entered service with the Harwich Force , but was abandoned after being badly damaged in a collision on 26 March 1916. In 1914, rivalries between Greece and Turkey led to Greece placing large orders for new warships, including a Bretagne -class battleship from France and two light cruisers and four destroyers from Britain. The British ships were ordered from

960-462: Was launched early in the morning of 25 March. Two aircraft returned, reporting that the airship base was not at Hoyer as thought, but at Tondern further inland, and that they had been unable to attack it. Two divisions of destroyers, including Medusa , were ordered to search for the missing seaplanes. During the search, they encountered two German patrol boats, Braunschweig and Otto Rudolf , which were quickly sunk by gunfire. During this engagement,

992-609: Was rated at 25,000 shaft horsepower (19,000 kW) giving a speed of 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h). The ship's boilers were arranged with two boilers in one large compartment adjacent to the engine room and one in a smaller compartment forward, while the British M-class had the larger boiler compartment forward and the small boiler compartment adjacent to the engine room. Three funnels were fitted. Armament consisted of three 4-inch (102 mm) Mark VII guns and two twin 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. The ship had

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1024-637: Was sunk as a target off Cape Henry by the American battleship Florida on 15 July 1921. HMS Medusa (1915) HMS Medusa was a Medea -class destroyer of the British Royal Navy . She was one of four destroyers, of similar design to the British M-class ordered by Greece in June 1914, which the British purchased during construction owing to the outbreak of the First World War . Medusa (originally named Lesvos )

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