SMS S143
Country of origin
German Empire
ManufacturerSchichau-Werke
SMS S143 was a S138-class large torpedo boat of the Imperial German Navy. The S138-class were large torpedo boats that were required to reach a speed of 30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h) and armed with three 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes. S143 was built by the Schichau-Werke at Elbing and was launched on 6 April 1907, entering service later the same year.
S143 was sunk by a boiler explosion on 4 August 1914, shortly after the start of the First World War, but was raised, repaired and returned to service. S143 served in the Baltic Sea for the rest of the war, and was renamed T143 in 1917. She took part in Operation Albion, the German invasion and occupation of the West Estonian Archipelago in October 1917, and in the German invasion of the Åland islands in 1918.
T143 continued to serve in postwar Weimar Germany's Reichsmarine, and was stricken in 1927 and scrapped in 1930.
S143 was sunk by a boiler explosion on 4 August 1914, shortly after the start of the First World War, but was raised, repaired and returned to service. S143 served in the Baltic Sea for the rest of the war, and was renamed T143 in 1917. She took part in Operation Albion, the German invasion and occupation of the West Estonian Archipelago in October 1917, and in the German invasion of the Åland islands in 1918.
T143 continued to serve in postwar Weimar Germany's Reichsmarine, and was stricken in 1927 and scrapped in 1930.
