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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''G 5'' (1915)|fate2= |comm=Feb, 1916{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 39}} |fatedate=Oct, 1922{{Conways1906|p. 90}} |order=June, 1914{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 23}} |name=G 5 |launch=23 Nov, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 90}} |builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1906|p. 90}} |fate=Sold |pend=I.A7 (1914)<br>G.5 (mid 1915){{DittColl|pp. 82, 87}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''G 5''''' was one of fourteen [["G" Class Submarine (1915)|"G" class submarines]] completed in Britain during the [[Great War]], intended primarily to hunt German U-boats. ==Service== By late 1920, she was one of six "G" class submarines in reserve at Portsmouth as the "L" group under the collective command of {{LieutRN}} [[Humphrey George Veale|Humphrey G. Veale]], tender to {{UK-Dolphin}}.{{NLJan21|p. 777}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''G 5''"> {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Fitzroy Hamilton Dalrymple Byron|nick=Fitzroy H. D. Byron|appt=3 December, 1915<ref>Byron Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/315.|D7604412}} f. 169.</ref>|end=27 July, 1917<ref>Byron Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/315.|D7604412}} f. 169.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (emergency)|name=Gilbert Esdaile Venning|nick=Gilbert E. Venning|appt=15 October, 1918|end=25 February, 1919}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Neville Stopford|nick=Robert N. Stopford|appt=23 November, 1918<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/6.|D7605093}} 357.</ref>|end=21 June, 1919<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/6.|D7605093}} 357.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Humphrey George Veale|nick=Humphrey G. Veale|appt=28 August, 1920<ref>Veale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/110.|D7605698}} f. 112.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 777}}|end=21 February, 1921<ref>Veale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/110.|D7605698}} f. 112.</ref>|note=and of 5 other "G" class boats}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> Venning's data seems a bit off. ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_G5}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer "G" Class Submarine (1915)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:G 05}} {{CatShipSubmarine|UK}}

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