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Like the rest of her class, ''G8'''s role was to patrol the [[North Sea]] in search of German [[U-boats]]. |
Like the rest of her class, ''G8'''s role was to patrol the [[North Sea]] in search of German [[U-boats]]. |
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==Loss== |
==Loss== |
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''G8'' was lost in the [[North Sea]] on |
''G8'' was lost in the [[North Sea]] on or around the 14th January 1918; the reason remains unknown. |
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==Salvage== |
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[[File:Hms_g8_submarine.jpg|thumb|left|HMS G8 (on right) moored alongside HMS Lucia, WWI]] |
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[[File:Hms_g8_conning_tower.jpg|thumb|left|Salvaged 11-tonne conning tower of HMS G8, 2011]] |
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HMS G8 was found and partly raised by wreck hunters after 93 years at the bottom of the North Sea in 2011. |
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The wreck was found in 47m (154ft) of water off the Danish coast near Jutland. A Danish salvage crew raised the 11-tonne bronze conning tower of the vessel in August of that year. |
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Revision as of 14:18, 29 July 2015
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS G8 |
| Builder | Vickers |
| Laid down | 18 December 1914 |
| Launched | 1 April 1916 |
| Commissioned | 30 June 1916 |
| Fate | Lost 14 January 1918 |
| 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 G8 was a British G class submarine of the Royal Navy from World War I.
War service
Like the rest of her class, G8's role was to patrol the North Sea in search of German U-boats.
Loss
G8 was lost in the North Sea on or around the 14th January 1918; the reason remains unknown.
Salvage
HMS G8 was found and partly raised by wreck hunters after 93 years at the bottom of the North Sea in 2011.
The wreck was found in 47m (154ft) of water off the Danish coast near Jutland. A Danish salvage crew raised the 11-tonne bronze conning tower of the vessel in August of that year.
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.