HMS G6
A G class submarine before bow modification. Photo: R N Submarine Museum, Gosport.
Career
Builder:
Armstrong Whitworth Laid down:
1 December 1914 Launched:
7 December 1915 Commissioned:
10 May 1916 Fate:
Sold for scrap 4 November 1921 to Young, Sunderland.
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 G6 was a British G class submarine of the Royal Navy from World War I .
War service [ ]
Like the rest of her class, G6' s role was to patrol the North Sea in search of German U-boats .
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