The G class was a series of sixteen torpedo boats built for the Royal Netherlands Navy. The class sat in size between the smaller (K meaning - Dutch for small) and the larger (Z meaning - Dutch for very large). The G class (G meaning - Dutch for large) comprised four subclasses: the "G1", "G3", "G7", and "G13". All ships served during the First World War.
Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, only three of four ships of the "G13" subclass were still in service. Considered obsolete and worn out by that time, these ships did not see much action. 
Construction.
Only data for the G13 subclass is included here.
Service history.
By May 1940 the Second World War broke out for the Netherlands. At that time, "G13", "G15", and "G16" were still in service. "G13" and "G15" managed to escape to the United Kingdom where they performed some escort and patrol duties until being decommissioned as they were considered obsolete and unfit for service due to their age.
"G16" was scuttled in Den Helder by the Dutch. The vessel was raised and repaired and was commissioned into the as the torpedo recovery vessel "TFA-9". She was sunk at Kiel at the end of the war in Europe and returned to the Netherlands where she was be expended as a target ship in 1948.