HMS A10
.jpg) HMS A10, conning tower awash | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
| Launched: | 8 February 1905 |
| Commissioned: | 3 June 1905 |
| Fate: | Sold Apr. 1, 1919 to Ardrossan Drydock Co., Ardrossan, Scotland and scrapped. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | A class submarine |
| 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) surfaced 20 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 A10 was an early Royal Navy submarine.
She was a member of Group Two of the first British A-class of submarines (a second, much different A-class submarine appeared towards the end of the Second World War). Like all members of her class, she was built at Vickers Barrow-in-Furness.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- "A Class (1902) Submarines Class Overview". Maritime Quest. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
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