SMS G38

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
General characteristics
Class & 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)
Speed:	34.5 knots (63.9 km/h)
Range:	1,100 nautical miles at 20 knots (2,040 km at 37 km/h)
Complement:	83 officers and sailors
Armament:	3 × 88 mm (3.4 in) guns 6 × 500 mm torpedo tubes 24 mines

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 torpedos 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

Emmerich "Großes Torpedoboot 1913 technical data" (2003) german-navy.de

V25-class torpedo boat

Kaiserliche Marine

Vulcan Stettin V25 group	V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30

Schichau Elbing S31 group	S31 S32 S33 S34 S35 S36

Germaniawerft Kiel G37 group	G37 G38 G39 G40 G41 G42

Vulcan Stettin V43 group	V43 V44 V45 V46 V47 V48

Schichau Elbing S49 group	S49 S50 S51 S52 S53 S54 S55 S56 S57 S58 S59 S60 S61 S62 S63 S64 S65 S66

Vulcan Stettin V67 group	V67 V68 V69 V70 V71 V72 V74 V75 V76 V77 V78 V79 V80 V81 V82 V83 V84

Germaniawerft Kiel G85 group	G85 G86 G87 G88 G89 G90 G91 G92 G93 G94 G95

French Navy

War Reparations	Pierre Durand / ex-V79

Marina Militare

War Reparations	Ardmitoso / ex-S63

Category:Torpedo boats of the Imperial German Navy

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