HMS G11 was a G-class

British G class submarine

The Royal Navy's G-class of diesel/electric submarines were launched between 1914 and 1917, and intended for operations in the North Sea and German Bight in World War I against German U-boats. The design was based on the E-class, adopting the double hull concept, but in practice showed little...

 submarine

Submarine

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 of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 in service during the First World War

World War I

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. One of six of her class built by Vickers

Vickers

Vickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.-Early history:Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828. Naylor was a partner in the foundry Naylor &...

 at Barrow in Furness, she was launched on 22 February 1916, and commissioned on 13 May 1916.

War service

Like the rest of her class, G11s role was to patrol an area of the North Sea

North Sea

In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...

 in search of German U-boats.

Loss

On 22 November 1918, whilst under the temporary command of Lieutenant Commander

Lieutenant Commander

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 George Fagan Bradshaw, DSO

Distinguished Service Order

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 http://submariners.co.uk/Dits/Articles/wwi_submariners.php#GeorgeFaganBradshaw, G11 was returning to her base at Blyth

Blyth, Northumberland

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, Northumberland

Northumberland

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, from Dogger Bank

Dogger Bank

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 patrol following the Armistice

Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)

The armistice between the Allies and Germany was an agreement that ended the fighting in the First World War. It was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on 11 November 1918 and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not technically a surrender...

 when she ran aground in dense fog on rocks below cliffs near Howick

Howick, Northumberland

Howick is a village in Northumberland, between Boulmer and Craster. It is just inland from the North Sea, into which Howick burn flows, from Howick Hall...

.
The boat's log

Chip log

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 had been disabled earlier and Bradshaw, unfamiliar with the larger G class boats, underestimated her speed in the inclement weather, with the result that the boat had travelled substantially further than he had reckoned.

The impact tore the keel off and the boat was abandoned, two of her crew drowning during the evacuation. The body of Telegraphist

Telegraphist

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 George Philip Back was recovered and buried in the churchyard of St Peter & St Paul, Longhoughton

Longhoughton, Northumberland

Longhoughton is a small rural village in Northumberland, England. It lies near the coast, about northeast of Alnwick, in the similarly named parish of Longhoughton....

; the body of Stoker

Stoker

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 Pliny Foster was never found.

G11s regular captain Lieutenant

Lieutenant

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 Richard Douglas Sandford

Richard Douglas Sandford

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 VC

Victoria Cross

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 had not sailed on her last mission, having succumbed to typhoid fever

Typhoid fever

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. He died at Eston

Eston

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 hospital the day after learning his ship had been lost.

Remains of G11 can still be seen at low tide http://www.yorkshire-divers.com/forums/wreck-diving/54555-submarine-wreck-howick.html.

NB: The Royal Navy Submarine Museum

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, Gosport

Gosport

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, erroneously lists the location of G11s wrecking as Harwich

Harwich

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, Suffolk

Suffolk

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, over 350 mi (563.3 km) away http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk/general/losses.htm#g11.