HMS G5


A G class submarine before bow modification. Photo: R N Submarine Museum, Gosport.
Career
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: 12 October 1914
Launched: 23 November 1915
Commissioned: 17 January 1916
Fate: Sold for scrap 4 November 1921 to Young, Sunderland.
General characteristics
Displacement: Surfaced / Submerged: 703 tons / 837 tons
Length: 57.5 m
Beam: 6.92 m
Draught: 4.15 m
Propulsion:

Twin-shaft, 2 x 800 bhp Vickers diesel,

2 x 840 shp electric motors
Speed: Surfaced / Submerged: 14.5 knots (27 km/h) / 10.0 knots
Range: 44.14 tons of fuel oil giving 3,160 nm surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h). 95 nm submerged, at 3 knots (6 km/h).
Complement: 31
Armament: Torpedoes: 2 x 18" bow tubes, 2 x 18" beam tubes, 1 x 21" stern tube. 10 torpedoes in total. Guns: 1 x 3" 10 cwt. Mk.1 Elswick Quick Fire High Angle {QFHA}, forward. 1 x 12 pdr. 8 cwt. Mk. 1 gun HA mounting, aft.

HMS G5 was a British G class submarine of the Royal Navy from World War I.

War service

Like the rest of her class, G5's role was to patrol the North Sea in search of German U-boats.

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