G9
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Class overview | |
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Name | G class |
Builders | |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Built | 1914-1917 |
In service | 1915-1921 |
Completed | 14 |
Cancelled | 1 |
Lost | 4 |
Scrapped | 10 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 187 ft 1 in (57.0 m) |
Beam | 22 ft 8 in (6.9 m) |
Draught | 13 ft 4 in (4.1 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) surfaced |
Complement | 30 |
Armament |
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The G-class were a series of diesel-electric submarines of the Royal Navy in World War I
They were launched between 1914 and 1917, and intended for operations in the North Sea and German Bight against German U-boats.