HMS A13
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 19 February 1903 |
| Launched: | 18 April 1905 |
| Commissioned: | 22 June 1908 |
| Decommissioned: | broken up 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 190 tons surfaced, 207 tons submerged |
| Length: | 105.25 ft (32.08 m) |
| Beam: | 12.75 ft (3.89 m) |
| Draught: | 10.5 ft (3.2 m) |
| Propulsion: |
550 hp petrol engine 150 hp electric engine |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) maximum surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h) maximum submerged |
| Range: | 325 nautical miles (602 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h) surfaced20 nautical miles (40 km) at 6 knots (11 km/h) submerged |
| Complement: | 11 (2 officers and 9 ratings) |
| Armament: | Two 18 inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes, plus two reloads |
HMS A13 was a British A class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 19 February 1903 and was commissioned on 22 June 1908.
HMS A13 was the first British submarine to have a diesel engine but other than that, she had the same layout and design as her sister boats.
A13 was broken up in 1920.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- A Class (1902) Submarines Class Overview. Maritime Quest. Retrieved on 2007-08-06.
- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson.
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