"A" Class Submarine (1902)

The Royal Navy's thirteen "A" Class Submarines entered service between July 1903 and early 1906.

Overview of 13 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
A 1	Vickers		9 Jul, 1902	Jul, 1903	Rammed 18 Mar, 1904
A 2	Vickers		16 Apr, 1903		Wrecked Jan, 1920
A 3	Vickers		9 Mar, 1903		Rammed 2 Feb, 1912
A 4	Vickers		9 Jun, 1903		Sold Jan, 1920
A 5	Vickers		3 Mar, 1904		Broken up 1920
A 6	Vickers		3 Mar, 1904		Sold Jan, 1920
A 7	Vickers		23 Jan, 1905		Lost 16 Jan, 1914
A 8	Vickers		23 Jan, 1905		Sold Oct, 1920
A 9	Vickers		8 Feb, 1905		Broken up 1920
A 10	Vickers		8 Feb, 1905		Sold Apr, 1919
A 11	Vickers		8 Mar, 1905		Broken up May, 1920
A 12	Vickers		8 Mar, 1905		Broken up Jan, 1920
A 13	Vickers		18 Apr, 1905		Broken up 1920

Torpedoes

A 1 through A 4:

• one 18-in tube forward, three torpedoes

A 5 through A 13:

• two 18-in tubes forward, four torpedoes

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).

"A" Class Submarine

A 1

A 2

A 3

A 4

A 5

A 6

A 7

A 8

A 9

A 10

A 11

A 12

A 13

Submarines (UK)

"B" Class

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