For the WWII A class submarines, see Amphion-class submarine. For U.S. Navy ships with a similar name, see USS A-1.
HMS A1
History
United Kingdom
Name
HMS A1
Builder
Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down
19 February 1902
Launched
9 July 1902
Completed
27 July 1903
Fate
Lost, 1911
General characteristics
Class and type
A-class submarine
Type
Submarine
Displacement
190 long tons (193 t) (surfaced)
207 long tons (210 t) (submerged)
Length
103.25 ft (31.47 m)
Beam
11.9 ft (3.6 m)
Installed power
450 hp (340 kW) (petrol engine)
87 hp (65 kW) (electric motor)
Propulsion
1 × 16-cylinder Wolseley petrol engine
1 × electric motor
1 × shaft
Speed
11.5 kn (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) (surfaced)
7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) (submerged)
Range
500 nmi (580 mi; 930 km) at 11.5 kn (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) (surfaced)
20 nmi (23 mi; 37 km) at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h) (submerged)
Complement
11 (2 officers and 9 ratings)
Armament
2 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes (bow, four torpedoes)[1]
HMS A1 was the Royal Navy's first British-designed submarine, and their first to suffer fatal casualties.
She was the lead ship of the first British A-class submarines and the only one to have a single bow torpedo tube. She was actually sunk twice: first in 1904 when she became the first submarine casualty, with the loss of all hands; however, she was recovered, but sank again in 1911, this time when she was unmanned. The wreck was discovered in 1989 and was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act in 1998.[2] The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.
^Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 1, p.1, "A-1".
^The Advisory Committee for Historic Wreck Sites Annual Report for 2005
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