SMS G37
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 German Empire
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| Ordered: | 1914 Peacetime order |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany |
| Launched: | 17 December 1914 |
| Commissioned: | 29 June 1914 |
| Fate: | Sunk by a mine, 4 November 1917 |
| 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) |
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| Complement: | 83 officers and sailors |
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SMS G37 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 13th ship of her class.
Construction
Built by Germaniawerft in Kiel, Germany, she was launched in December 1914. The Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class of vessels originally carried six torpedo tubes, but starting with G37 onward, the forward two tubes were removed to balance out the weight incurred when the larger 4.1-inch (100 mm) guns were added.
Service
G37 was assigned to the Sixth Torpedo Boat Flotilla, Twelfth Half-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. She assisted SMS G38, SMS G40 and SMS V45 in the evacuation of survivors.
On 4 November 1917 at 04:55 hours, G37 struck a mine in the southern North Sea off Walcheren Island, Netherlands (54°19′N 04°55′E / 54.317°N 4.917°ECoordinates: 54°19′N 04°55′E / 54.317°N 4.917°E) G37. Four sailors died in this incident.
References
- Technical specs of the Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class
- Germany's High Seas Fleet in the World War, Chapter 10c, published by Admiral Reinhard Scheer in 1920
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