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By the beginning of 1918, 1,500 had been used.  500 were reportedly expended in the first quarter of 1918, and 1,000 in the second, leaving 3,753 in stock.  No further orders were being considered.{{ARTSMining1917-18|Plate 26}}
 
By the beginning of 1918, 1,500 had been used.  500 were reportedly expended in the first quarter of 1918, and 1,000 in the second, leaving 3,753 in stock.  No further orders were being considered.{{ARTSMining1917-18|Plate 26}}
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On 26 August, 1917, {{UK-Christopher}} of the {{UK-DF|4}} shipped some "G" type charges in St. Mary's Roads and practiced releasing them.<ref>Ships log at {{TNA| 53/37729}}</ref>
  
 
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 21:25, 9 October 2014

The British Type G Depth Charge was a depth charge used by the Royal Navy.

15,000 had been approved for order by 1 January, 1918, but the only orders placed for these were in June and July of 1916.[1]

By the beginning of 1918, 1,500 had been used. 500 were reportedly expended in the first quarter of 1918, and 1,000 in the second, leaving 3,753 in stock. No further orders were being considered.[2]

On 26 August, 1917, Christopher of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla shipped some "G" type charges in St. Mary's Roads and practiced releasing them.[3]

See Also

  • H.M.S. Vernon. (1920) Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. Copy 6 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth.

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. Plate 26.
  2. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. Plate 26.
  3. Ships log at The National Archives. 53/37729