SMS V46 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat

Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat

The Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat was a class of torpedo boat built for the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine. It was the largest class ever built for the High Seas Fleet, consisting of 71 ships...

 of the German Kaiserliche Marine

Kaiserliche Marine

The Imperial German Navy was the German Navy created at the time of the formation of the German Empire. It existed between 1871 and 1919, growing out of the small Prussian Navy and Norddeutsche Bundesmarine, which primarily had the mission of coastal defense. Kaiser Wilhelm II greatly expanded...

 during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, and the 22nd ship of her class.

Construction

Built by AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard, Germany

Germany

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, she was launched in December 1914. The "V" in V46 denotes at which shipyard she was built.

Service

V46 was assigned to the Sixth Torpedo Boat Flotilla, Twelfth Half-Flotilla, of the High Seas Fleet

High Seas Fleet

The High Seas Fleet was the battle fleet of the German Empire and saw action during World War I. The formation was created in February 1907, when the Home Fleet was renamed as the High Seas Fleet. Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz was the architect of the fleet; he envisioned a force powerful enough to...

 of the Kaiserliche Marine when she participated in the Battle of Jutland

Battle of Jutland

The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet during the First World War. The battle was fought on 31 May and 1 June 1916 in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark. It was the largest naval battle and the only...

.

After the end of hostilities, V46 was interned at Scapa Flow

Scapa Flow

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. Attempts to scuttle her with the rest of the German fleet

Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow

The scuttling of the German fleet took place at the Royal Navy's base at Scapa Flow, in Scotland, after the end of the First World War. The High Seas Fleet had been interned there under the terms of the Armistice whilst negotiations took place over the fate of the ships...

were unsuccessful. She was transferred to France in 1920 and scrapped in 1924.