SMS G41
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 German Empire
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| Ordered: | 1914 Peacetime order |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany |
| Launched: | 24 April 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 14 October 1915 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, 3 October 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,147 t (1,129 long tons) |
| Length: | 83.0 m (272 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) |
| Draft: | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power: | 24,000 PS (24,000 shp; 18,000 kW) |
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| Speed: | 33.5 kn (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph) |
| Range: | 1,950 nmi (3,610 km; 2,240 mi) at 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement: | 83 officers and sailors |
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SMS G41 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 17th ship of her class.
Built by Germaniawerft in Kiel, Germany, G41 was launched on 24 April 1915 and commissioned on 14 October 1915. The "G" in G41 refers to the shipyard at which she was constructed.
G41 was 83.0 metres (272 ft 4 in) long overall and 82.2 metres (269 ft 8 in) at the waterline, with a beam of 8.4 metres (27 ft 7 in) and a draft of 3.4 metres (11 ft 2 in).Displacement was 960 tonnes (940 long tons) normal and 1,147 tonnes (1,129 long tons) deep load. Three oil-fired water-tube boilers fed steam to 2 sets of Germania steam turbines rated at 24,000 metric horsepower (24,000 shp; 18,000 kW), giving a speed of 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph). 326 tonnes (321 long tons) of fuel oil was carried, giving a range of 1,950 nautical miles (3,610 km; 2,240 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph).
Armament consisted of three 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns in single mounts, together with six 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes with two fixed single tubes forward and 2 twin mounts aft. Up to 24 mines could be carried. The ship had a complement of 87 officers and men.
On 24 April 1916, G41 participated in the shore bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft, on the southeastern tip of Great Britain. G41 was assigned to Scouting Division II as leader of Torpedo Boat Flotilla VI in this battle. The overall goal of this action was to lure Royal Navy capital ships out to sea where the German fleet was massed in ambush. A vanguard of smaller, faster vessels like G41 would be sent in as bait to bombard the English coastline and hopefully provoke a British response. The German strike force's element of surprise was lost however when the battlecruiser Seydlitz struck a mine and had to withdraw. The strike force nevertheless continued the mission and bombarded Yarmouth and Lowestoft killing four British civilians and wounding 19. Four British light cruisers and 12 destroyers subsequently gave chase to the fleeing Germans but turned back upon sighting the massed German fleet. During this action, G41 is credited with sinking a British Naval trawler, the King Stephen, rescuing her crew and taking them prisoner.
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