SMS G38
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History |
German Empire |
Ordered: |
1914 Peacetime order |
Builder: |
Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany |
Launched: |
23 December 1914 |
Commissioned: |
30 July 1915 |
Fate: |
- Interned at Scapa Flow 22 November 1918
- Scuttled at Scapa Flow 21 June 1919
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General characteristics |
Class and type: |
Großes Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat |
Displacement: |
1,051 tonnes |
Length: |
79.5 m (260 ft 10 in) |
Beam: |
8.33 m (27 ft 4 in) |
Draft: |
- 3.74 m (12 ft 3 in) (fwd)
- 3.45 m (11 ft 4 in) (aft)
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Speed: |
34.5 knots (63.9 km/h) |
Range: |
- 1,100 nautical miles at 20 knots
- (2,040 km at 37 km/h)
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Complement: |
83 officers and sailors |
Armament: |
- 3 × 88 mm (3.4 in) guns
- 6 × 500 mm torpedo tubes
- 24 mines
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SMS G38 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I, and the 14th ship of her class.
Service
Built by Germaniawerft in Kiel, Germany, she was launched in December 1914.
G38 was assigned to the First Torpedo Boat Flotilla of the High Seas Fleet of the Kaiserliche Marine. When she participated in the Battle of Jutland she was assigned to escort the battlecruiser SMS Lützow. In this action, Lützow was severely damaged such that she was unable to return to German waters. After assisting SMS G37, G40 and V45 in the evacuation of survivors, G38 was ordered to scuttle Lützow by launching two torpedoes into her.
After the end of hostilities, G38 was interned at Scapa Flow in November 1918 and scuttled along with most of the fleet on 21 June 1919. She was salvaged for scrap by Ernest Cox in 1924.
References
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Shipwrecks |
- 1 Jan: HMY Iolaire
- 21 Jan: UC-40
- 30 Jan: Nimrod
- 7 Feb: HMS Erin's Isle
- 8 Feb: U-16
- 10 Feb: UC-91
- 20 Feb: UC-71
- 22 Feb: U-21
- 7 Mar: HNoMS Thor
- 6 Apr: Vulkan
- 15 Apr: U-118
- 17 Apr: USS Freehold
- 27 Apr: USS Courtney, USS Otis W. Douglas
- 28 Apr: USS Gypsum Queen, USS James
- April (unknown date): Borets za Svobodu
- 5 May: SMS Leipzig
- 2 Jun: Rucumilla
- 18 Jun: Oleg
- 21 Jun: SMS Bayern, SMS Bremse, SMS Brummer, SMS Cöln, SMS Dresden, SMS Derfflinger, SMS Emden, SMS Friedrich der Grosse, SMS G38, SMS G39, SMS G40, SMS Hindenburg, SMS Grosser Kurfürst, SMS Kaiser, SMS Kaiserin, SMS Karlsruhe, SMS König, SMS König Albert, SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm, SMS Markgraf, SMS Moltke, SMS Prinzregent Luitpold, SMS S36, SMS S50, Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow, SMS Seydlitz, SMS V45, SMS V46, SMS Von der Tann
- 28 Jun: Duchess of Richmond
- June (unknown date): Erinpura
- 27 Jul: USS May
- 30 Jul: USS G-2
- 13 Aug: Basilicata
- 18 Aug: Dvina
- 1 Sep: HMS Vittoria
- 4 Sep: HMS Verulam
- 8 Sep: Valbanera
- 9 Sep: USS St. Sebastian, USS SP-471
- 10 Sep: USS Coco, USS Katherine K., USS Patrol No. 1, USS Sea Hawk
- 11 Sep: USS Helena I
- 29 Sep: ML-18, ML-62, ML-191, Ossifrage
- 30 Sep: August Helmerich
- 3 Oct: Frank O'Connor
- 7 Oct: Sizergh Castle
- 9 Oct: Daram
- 18 Oct: HMS H41
- 31 Oct: Fazilka
- 22 Nov: Myron
- 12 Dec: USS Kerwood
- 18 Dec: Cufic
- Unknown date: UB-14
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