HMS G2
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War service
Like the rest of her class, G2s role was to patrol the North SeaNorth 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. On 27 October 1918 G2 detected low frequency communications from the German minelayer U-78
SM U-78
-External links:*** More detailed information about U-78.* original documents, photos and maps about World War I German submarine warfare and British Room 40 Intelligence from The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, UK....
and sank her in the Skagerrak
Skagerrak
The Skagerrak is a strait running between Norway and the southwest coast of Sweden and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea area, which leads to the Baltic Sea.-Name:...
with the loss of the crew of 40 . The commonly listed sinking date of October 28, 1918 is in error.