HMS G2
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 A G class submarine before bow modification. Photo: R N Submarine Museum, Gosport. | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 1 October 1914 |
| Launched: | 23 December 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 18 March 1916 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 16 January 1920 to Fryer, Sunderland. |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: |
Surfaced: 703 tons submerged: 837 tons |
| Length: | 57.5 m (188 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 6.92 m (22 ft 8 in) |
| Draught: | 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
Twin-shaft, 2 x 800 bhp Vickers diesel, 2 x 840 shp electric motors |
| Speed: |
Surfaced: 14.5 knots (27 km/h) Submerged: 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-inch bow tubes, 2 x 18-inch beam tubes, 1 x 21-inch stern tube. 10 torpedoes in total. Guns: 1 x 3 inch 10 cwt. Mk.1 Elswick Quick Fire High Angle, forward. 1 x 12-pdr 8-cwt Mk I gun HA mounting, aft. |
HMS G2 was a British G class submarine of the Royal Navy.[1]
Like the rest of her class, G2's role was to patrol the North Sea in search of German U-boats. On 27 October 1918 G2 detected low frequency communications from the German minelayer U-78 and sank her in the Skagerrak with the loss of the crew of 40.[2]
References
- ↑ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy from World War I. (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- ↑ Arthur, M. (1997). Lost voices of the Royal Navy, pp. 85 - 87. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London. ISBN 0-340-83814-0
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