G37 1917
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| G37 | 215 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1914 | 17.12.1914 | 6.1915 | sunk 4.11.1917 | |
| G38 | 216 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1914 | 23.12.1914 | 7.1915 | interned 11.1918, scuttled 21.6.1919 | |
| G39 | 217 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1914 | 16.1.1915 | 8.1915 | interned 11.1918, scuttled 21.6.1919 | |
| G40 | 218 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1914 | 27.2.1915 | 9.1915 | interned 11.1918, scuttled 21.6.1919 | |
| G41 | 219 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1914 | 24.4.1915 | 10.1915 | sunk 3.10.1918 | |
| G42 | 220 | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1914 | 20.5.1915 | 11/1915 | sunk 21.4.1917 |
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Displacement normal, t |
G37 - 40: 822 G41, 42: 960 |
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Displacement full, t |
G37 - 40: 1051 G41, 42: 1147 |
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Length, m |
G37 - 40: 79.5 oa 78.6 wl G41, 42: 83.0 oa 82.2 wl |
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Breadth, m |
8.36 |
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Draught, m |
G37 - 40: 3.74 G41, 42: 3.50 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Germania steam turbines, 3 Marine boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
24000 |
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Max speed, kts |
G37 - 40: 34 G41, 42: 33/5 |
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Fuel, t |
G37 - 40: oil 299 G41, 42: oil 326 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
G37 - 40: 1685(17) G41, 42: 1950(17) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14, 2 x 2 - 500 TT, 2 x 1 - 500 TT (8), 24 mines |
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Complement |
87 |
Project history: 1914 type mobilization destroyers; from G41 on the hull was enlarged during construction by 2.5m with oil storage increased to 326t and range extended.
Modernizations: 1916, G42: - 3 x 1 - 88/42; + 3 x 1 - 105/42 Utof L/45 C/16 or TK L/45 C/16
Naval service: G42 was lost in action against British leaders Swift and Broke 21.4.1917 in Dover Straits; G37 was mined 4.11.1917 in the North Sea; G41 was scuttled 3.10.1918 after the German withdrawal from Bruges; G38-40 were scuttled at Scapa Flow, raised and scrapped in 1924-1925.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014