HMS G10

A G class submarine before bow modification. Photo: R N Submarine Museum, Gosport.
Career (UK)
Name: HMS G10
Builder: Vickers
Laid down: 12 March 1915
Launched: 11 January 1916
Commissioned: 12 April 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 G10 was a British G class submarine of the Royal Navy from World War I.

War service

Like the rest of her class, G10's role was to patrol the North Sea in search of German U-boats. While on exercises, the submarine collided with a merchant vessel resulting in the destruction of the bridge and the periscopes.[1]

References

  1. Tall, J.J; Paul Kemp (1996). HM Submarines in Camera An Illustrated History of British Submarines. Sutton Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 0-7509-0875-0.