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History |
German Empire |
Ordered: |
1914 Peacetime order |
Builder: |
Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany |
Launched: |
27 February 1915 |
Commissioned: |
16 September 1915 |
Fate: |
- Interned at Scapa Flow 22 November 1918
- Scuttled at Scapa Flow 21 June 1919
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General characteristics |
Displacement: |
1,051 tonnes |
Length: |
79.5 meters |
Beam: |
8.33 m |
Draft: |
3.74 m (fwd); 3.45 meters (aft) |
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: |
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SMS G40 was a 1913 Type Large Torpedo Boat (Großes Torpedoboot) of the Imperial German Navy (Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I, and the 16th ship of her class.
Service
G40 was assigned to the First Torpedo Boat Flotilla of the High Seas Fleet of the German Imperial Navy. 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. She assisted SMS G37, SMS G38 and SMS V45 in the evacuation of survivors. Naval gunfire from pursuing British vessels subsequently damaged G40's engines and she had to be towed back to German waters.
After the end of hostilities, G40 was interned at Scapa Flow and scuttled. She was salvaged for scrap by Ernest Cox in 1925.
References
- Technical specs of the Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class
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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
- 4 May: HMS Cupar
- 5 May: SMS Leipzig
- 2 Jun: Rucumilla
- 9 Jun: HMS L55
- 16 Jun: HMS Kinross
- 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
- 16 Sep: HMS M25, HMS M27
- 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
- 17 Oct: SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
- 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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