HMS G13

A G class submarine at Scapa Flow. Photo: R N Submarine Museum, Gosport.
Career (UK)
Name:	HMS G13
Builder:	Vickers
Laid down:	9 April 1915
Launched:	8 July 1916
Commissioned:	23 September 1916
Fate:	Sold 20 January 1923 to J Smith
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 G13 was a British G class submarine of the Royal Navy from World War I.

War service

Like the rest of her class, G13's role was to patrol the North Sea in search of German U-boats. On 10 March 1917 G13 torpedoed and sank the German submarine UC-43 off the Shetland Islands, about 9 miles (14 km) NW of Muckle Flugga Lighthouse. Lieutenant Commander George Fagan Bradshaw was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his command in this action.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.