G.11

Fleet

HochSeeFlotte

Ship Type

Destroyer

Nickname

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Ship Class

G.7 class

Grouping

V Torpedo Boat Flotilla, G.11 leader, IV Scouting Group

Command

Hipper

Builder's Yard

Germaniawerft, Kiel

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

23.04.1912

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

Bridge detail on G.11. Courtesy Laboe Naval Archives

Related stories

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Sister ships

G.7 - G.12

Eventual Fate

Bombed and sunk in Kiel 1945

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Flottillenchef: Korvettenkapitän Oskar Heinekke, Kapitänleutnant Adolf Müller

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

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Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

573

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

234' 6"

Length (mtrs)

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Beam (ft)

24' 9"

Beam (mtrs)

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Draught (ft)

12' 9"

Draught (mtrs)

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Max. Speed (knots)

32 - 33

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

coal / oil

Propulsion

2 shaft turbines rated 16,000 shp.

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

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Guns (No.barrels) 2

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Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Two 3.4" (88 mm) in single mounts

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

20"

No. tubes

4

Torpedo Type MM

500 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

Four single mounted tubes

References & sources

John C Taylor German Warships of World War One. Tarant Jutland.The German Perspective