"G" Class Submarine (1915)

Fourteen "G" Class Submarines were completed for the Royal Navy early in the war. G 15, to be built by White, was cancelled in April, 1915.

The design inaugurated the use of 21-in submarine-borne torpedoes in service.

Overview of 14 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
G 1	Chatham Royal Dockyard		14 Aug, 1915		Sold Feb, 1920
G 2	Chatham Royal Dockyard		23 Dec, 1915		Sold Feb, 1920
G 3	Chatham Royal Dockyard		22 Jan, 1916		Sold Nov, 1921
G 4	Chatham Royal Dockyard		23 Oct, 1915		Sold Jun, 1928
G 5	Chatham Royal Dockyard		23 Nov, 1915		Sold Oct, 1922
G 6	Armstrong		7 Dec, 1915		Sold Nov, 1921
G 7	Armstrong		4 Mar, 1916		Sunk 1 Nov, 1918
G 8	Vickers		1 May, 1916		Lost 14 Jan, 1918
G 9	Vickers		15 Jun, 1916		Sunk 16 Sep, 1917
G 10	Vickers		11 Jan, 1916		Sold Jan, 1923
G 11	Vickers		22 Feb, 1916		Wrecked 22 Nov, 1918
G 12	Vickers		24 Mar, 1916		Sold Feb, 1920
G 13	Vickers		18 Jul, 1916		Sold Jan, 1923
G 14	Scott		17 May, 1917		Sold 11 Mar, 1921

Torpedoes

• one 21-in tube in stern, two torpedoes
• four 18-in tubes (two forward, two broadside), eight torpedoes

Guns

• one 3-in H.A. gun

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).