Английская Википедия:HMS A2

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HMS A2 was an Шаблон:Sclass2 submarine built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

Design and description

A2 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.[1]

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, A2 had a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert;[1] submerged the boat had a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[2]

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.[3]

Construction and career

Like all boats in her class, she was built at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness.[1] Construction started in 1902 and the submarine was launched on 15 April 1903 and completed on 26 March 1904.[4] During World War I, A2 served on harbour service at Portsmouth.[5] She flooded after running aground in Bomb Ketch Lake in Portsmouth Harbour in January 1920 and was sold for scrap to H. G. Pound of Portsmouth on 22 October 1925.

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References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 Gardiner & Gray, p. 86
  2. Akermann, p. 120
  3. Harrison, Chapter 27
  4. Harrison, Appendix 1
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