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"HMS A12 was an submarine built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. After surviving World War I, she was sold for scrap in 1920. Design and description A12 was a member of the first British class of submarines, although slightly larger, faster and more heavily armed than the lead ship, . The submarine had a length of overall, a beam of and a mean draft of . They displaced on the surface and submerged. The A-class submarines had a crew of 2 officers and 11 ratings.Gardiner & Gray, p. 86 For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 16-cylinder Wolseley petrol engine that drove one propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a electric motor. They could reach on the surface and underwater. On the surface, A12 had a range of at ; submerged the boat had a range of at .Akermann, p. 120 The boats were armed with two 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They could carry a pair of reload torpedoes, but generally did not as they would have to remove an equal weight of fuel in compensation.Harrison, Chapter 27 Construction and career A12 was ordered as part of the 1903–04 Naval Programme from at Vickers.Harrison, Chapter 3 She was laid down at the shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness in 1903, launched on 3 March 1905 and completed on 23 September. Notes References * External links *MaritimeQuest HMS A-12 Pages Category:A-class submarines (1903) Category:World War I submarines of the United Kingdom Category:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness Category:Royal Navy ship names Category:1905 ships "
"HMS A11 was an submarine built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. After surviving World War I, she was sold for scrap in 1920. Design and description A11 was a member of the first British class of submarines, although slightly larger, faster and more heavily armed than the lead ship, . The submarine had a length of overall, a beam of and a mean draft of . They displaced on the surface and submerged. The A-class submarines had a crew of 2 officers and 11 ratings.Gardiner & Gray, p. 86 For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 16-cylinder Wolseley petrol engine that drove one propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a electric motor. They could reach on the surface and underwater. On the surface, A11 had a range of at ; submerged the boat had a range of at .Akermann, p. 120 The boats were armed with two 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They could carry a pair of reload torpedoes, but generally did not as doing so that they had to compensate for their weight by removing an equal weight of fuel.Harrison, Chapter 27 Construction and career A11 was ordered as part of the 1903–04 Naval Programme from Vickers.Harrison, Chapter 3 She was laid down at their shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness in 1903, launched on 8 March 1905 and completed on 11 July 1905. On 7 September 1910 A11 collided with a barge when leaving Portsmouth Harbour. The barge was sunk, although her two crew were rescued, and A11s bow was slightly damaged. Notes References * External links *MaritimeQuest HMS A-11 Pages Category:A-class submarines (1903) Category:World War I submarines of the United Kingdom Category:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness Category:Royal Navy ship names Category:1905 ships Category:Maritime incidents in 1910 "
"HMS A10 was an submarine built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. After surviving World War I, she was sold for scrap in 1919. Design and description A10 was a member of the first British class of submarines, although slightly larger, faster and more heavily armed than the lead ship, . The submarine had a length of overall, a beam of and a mean draft of . They displaced on the surface and submerged. The A-class submarines had a crew of 2 officers and 11 ratings.Gardiner & Gray, p. 86 For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 16-cylinder Wolseley petrol engine that drove one propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a electric motor. They could reach on the surface and underwater. On the surface, A10 had a range of at ; submerged the boat had a range of at .Akermann, p. 120 The boats were armed with two 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They could carry a pair of reload torpedoes, but generally did not as their weight had to be compensated for by an equivalent weight of fuel.Harrison, Chapter 27 Construction and career A10 was ordered as part of the 1903–04 Naval Programme from Vickers.Harrison, Chapter 3 She was laid down at their shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness in 1903, launched on 8 February 1905 and completed on 3 June 1905. She collided with the battleship in Plymouth Sound on 30 April 1906.Burt, p. 100. A10 was sold for scrap to the Ardrossan Drydock Company of Ardrossan, Scotland, on 1 April 1919 . Notes References * * External links *MaritimeQuest HMS A-10 Pages *'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum Category:A-class submarines (1903) Category:World War I submarines of the United Kingdom Category:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness Category:Royal Navy ship names Category:1905 ships Category:Maritime incidents in 1906 "