Английская Википедия:HMS A3
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS A3 was an Шаблон:Sclass2 submarine built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She sank in 1912. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.
Design and description
A3 was a member of the first British class of submarines, although slightly larger, faster and more heavily armed than the lead ship, Шаблон:HMS. The submarine had a length of Шаблон:Convert overall, a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a mean draft of Шаблон:Convert. They displaced Шаблон:Convert on the surface and Шаблон:Convert submerged. The A-class submarines had a crew of 2 officers and 9 ratings.Шаблон:Sfn
For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 16-cylinder Шаблон:Convert Wolseley petrol engine that drove one propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a Шаблон:Convert electric motor. They could reach Шаблон:Convert on the surface and Шаблон:Convert underwater. On the surface, A3 had a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert;Шаблон:Sfn the boat had a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert submerged.Шаблон:Sfn
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 an equivalent weight of fuel.[1]
Construction and career
A3 was laid down by Vickers, Sons & Maxim as Yard No.295 at Barrow-in-Furness on 6 November 1902 and was launched on 9 May 1903.[2][3] She was commissioned on 13 July 1904.[2] She primarily served as a coastal defense and training submarine in her over seven years of service.
On 2 February 1912, A3, along with several other submarines dispatched from the port of Gosport, conducted training exercises on target ships in the Solent.Шаблон:Sfn Whilst attacking the depot ship Шаблон:HMS, the semi-submerged A3 accidentally collided with its target Шаблон:Convert southwest of the East Princessa Buoy in the eastern Solent.[4] Its rudder and propeller were both disabled, and the holed submarine sank immediately with all 14 hands lost.Шаблон:Sfn The King sent his immediate condolences to the families of the lost seamen.[4]
The submarine was raised from the bottom on 11 March and was brought into the south lock of Portsmouth dockyard the following day, slung below a salvage lighter; the lock was pumped dry so that the 14 bodies could be recovered and the damages surveyed.[5]
After being towed from Portsmouth to Portland Naval Dockyard, the wreck was towed offshore into Weymouth Bay and, after some technical experiments on the hull, it was sunk as a gunnery target by shells from Шаблон:HMS on 17 May 1912.Шаблон:Sfn[6] In July 2016 the wreck of A3 was officially designated as a protected site.[7]
Notes
References
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External links
- MaritimeQuest HMS A3 Pages
- 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum Шаблон:Webarchive
- "HMS A3" National Heritage List for England
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- ↑ Harrison, chapter 27
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