Name: | G 7 |
Type: | Submarine |
Keel: | 08/12/1914 |
Launched: | 04/03/1916 |
Completed: | 19/08/1916 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Elswick |
Yard Number: | 881 |
Dimensions: | 975disp subm, 700disp surf, 188.7 x 22.7 x 13.6ft |
Engines: | 2 x oil engines, 1600hp; 2 x electric motors, 840hp |
Engines by: | Vickers |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 10.0knots subm, 14.5knots surf |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 1 x 3ins QF & 1 x 12pdr guns, 4 x 18ins & 1 x 21ins torpedoes |
History: | |
21/08/1916 | British Royal Navy |
01/11/1918 | Missing |
Comments: | Member of the Admiralty G Class of submarines |
Launched at Elswick but completed at High Walker | |
Bow probably raised during the war to increase buoyancy & improve seakeeping | |
01/11/1918: Reported missing in the North Sea, with 31 crew |
Above photo showing typical original bow form is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo showing typical modified bow form is copyright of the Imperial War Museum