HMS G3
{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
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| Ship length = {{convert|187|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship beam = {{convert|22|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship draught = {{convert|13|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on|1}} |Ship power=*{{convert|1600|bhp|lk=in|abbr=on}} (diesel)
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| Ship speed =*{{convert|14.25|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
| Ship range = {{convert|2400|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12.5|kn|abbr=on}} surfaced | Ship test depth = | Ship complement = 30 | Ship armament =*4 × 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes
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HMS G3 was a British G-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during World War I.
Description
The G-class submarines were designed by the Admiralty in response to a rumour that the Germans were building double-hulled submarines for overseas duties and were built with a partial double hull.. The submarines had a length of {{convert|187|ft|1|in|m|1}} overall, a beam of {{convert|22|ft|8|in|m|1}} and a mean draft of {{convert|13|ft|4|in|m|1}}. They displaced {{convert|703|LT|t}} on the surface and {{convert|837|LT|t}} submerged. The G-class submarines had a crew of 30 officers and ratings. Gardiner & Gray, p. 90
For surface running, the boats were powered by two {{convert|800|bhp|lk=in|abbr=on|0|adj=on}} Vickers two-stroke diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a {{convert|420|hp|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} electric motor. They could reach {{convert|14.25|kn|4=-1|lk=in}} on the surface and {{convert|9|kn}} underwater. On the surface, the G class had a range of {{convert|2400|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|16|kn}}.
It has a single 21-inch (53.3 cm) torpedo tube in the stern, two 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes on the beam and two in the bow. They carried two 21-inch and eight 18-inch torpedoes. It has a single {{convert|3|in|cm|1|adj=on}} deck gun.
Career
Like the rest of her class, G3{{'}}s role was to patrol an area of the North Sea in search of German U-boats.
In December 1921 G3, out of commission, was being towed north to be broken up for scrap when she broke her tether and came ashore at Scalby Mills, north of Scarborough. The submarine later broke free from the shore and drifted back out to sea. She then drifted south, finally running aground under Buckton cliffs in Filey Bay, bow first. A local man, John Webster bought the salvage rights to the vessel and the wreck was scrapped. Lumps of the hulk were lifted up the sheer cliffs using ropes and pulleys, the salvers using rope ladders for access. The remains of the wreck lie under the cliffs at Buckton including about {{convert|60|ft|m}} of the base of the hull, two diesel engines and their drive gear.{{Cn|date=January 2024}}
Notes
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References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book|last=McCartney|first=Innes|title=British Submarines of World War I|series=New Vanguard|volume=145|year=2008|publisher=Osprey|location=Oxford, UK|isbn=978-1-84603-334-6}}
External links
- [http://www.fileybay.com/lee/norsurvsub1.html History and description of wreck]
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Category:British G-class submarines
Category:World War I submarines of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships built in Chatham