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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

SUBMARINES

"G" submarines (G1)

G10 1916

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
G1   Chatham DYd 10/1914 14/8/1915 12/1915 BU 2/1920
G2   Chatham DYd 10/1914 23/12/1915 3/1916 BU 2/1920
G3   Chatham DYd 10/1914 22/1/1916 3/1916 BU 11/1921
G4   Chatham DYd 10/1914 23/10/1915 2/1916 BU 6/1928
G5   Chatham DYd 10/1914 23/11/1915 1/1916 BU 10/1922
G6   Armstrong, Elswick 12/1914 7/12/1915 5/1916 BU 11/1921
G7   Armstrong, Elswick 12/1914 4/3/1916 8/1916 sunk 1/11/1918
G8   Vickers, Barrow 12/1914 1/5/1916 6/1916 sunk 14/1/1918
G9   Vickers, Barrow 12/1914 15/6/1916 8/1916 sunk 16/9/1917
G10   Vickers, Barrow 3/1915 11/1/1916 4/1916 BU 1/1923
G11   Vickers, Barrow 3/1915 22/2/1916 5/1916 wrecked 22/11/1918
G12   Vickers, Barrow 4/1915 24/3/1916 6/1916 BU 2/1920
G13   Vickers, Barrow 4/1915 18/7/1916 9/1916 BU 1/1923
G14   Scotts, Greenock 12/1914 17/5/1917 8/1917 BU 3/1921
G15   White, Cowes 1915 --- --- cancelled 4/1915

 

 

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

703 / 837

Length, m

57.0

Breadth, m

6.90

Draught, m

4.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

G1 - 13: 8-cyl Vickers diesels / electric motors

G14: FIAT diesels / electric motors

G15: MAN diesels / electric motors

Power, h. p.

1600 / 840

Max speed, kn

14.5 / 9

Fuel, t

diesel oil 44

Armament

1 - 533 TT (stern, 2), 4 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 beam, 8), 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA

Complement

30

Diving depth operational, m 30

Ship project history: Partial double-hulled overseas submarines. 533mm torpedoes were applied for the first time on subs. All were ordered under 1914-15 Estimates: G1-7 pre-war and G8-15 in November 1914.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: G7 and G8 were lost 1/11/1918 and 1/5/1916 respectively (the reasons precisely are not established), G9 was sunk 16/9/1917 by in error by British ships, G11 was divided during a storm 22/11/1918.

 

 

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