HMS A6
{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
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|Ship propulsion=*1 × 16-cylinder Wolseley petrol engine
|Ship speed=*{{convert|11|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
|Ship range={{convert|500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn|abbr=on}} surfaced |Ship test depth= |Ship complement=2 officers and 9 ratings |Ship armament=2 × 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes }} |
HMS A6 was an {{sclass2|A|submarine (1903)|0}} submarine built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
Design and description
A6 was a member of the first British class of submarines, although slightly larger, faster and more heavily armed than the lead ship, {{HMS|A1}}. The submarine had a length of {{convert|105|ft|1|in|m|1}} overall, a beam of {{convert|12|ft|9|in|m|1}} and a mean draft of {{convert|10|ft|8|in|m|1}}. They displaced {{convert|190|LT|t}} on the surface and {{convert|206|LT|t}} submerged. The A-class submarines had a crew of 2 officers and 9 ratings.Gardiner & Gray, p. 86
For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 16-cylinder {{convert|550|bhp|lk=in|0|adj=on}} Wolseley petrol engine that drove one propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a {{convert|150|hp|0|adj=on}} electric motor. They could reach {{convert|11|kn|lk=in}} on the surface and {{convert|7|kn}} underwater. On the surface, A6 had a range of {{convert|500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}}; submerged the boat had a range of {{convert|30|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|5|kn}}.Akermann, p. 120
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.Harrison, Chapter 27
Construction and career
A6 was ordered as part of the 1903–04 Naval Programme from at Vickers.Harrison, Chapter 3 She was laid down at the shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness on 1 September 1903, launched on 3 March 1904 and completed on 23 March 1905.
A6 ran aground on a sandbank in Sandown harbour on 31 July 1906, but received little damage.{{cite magazine |title=Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: Portsmouth Dockyard |magazine=The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect |volume=29|date=1 September 1906 |page=41}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book|last=Akermann|first=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955|edition=reprint of the 1989|year=2002|publisher=Periscope Publishing|location=Penzance, Cornwall|isbn=1-904381-05-7}}
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite web|url=http://rnsubs.co.uk/dits-bits/br-3043.html|title=The Development of HM Submarines From Holland No. 1 (1901) to Porpoise (1930) (BR3043)|last=Harrison|first=A. N.|date=January 1979|publisher=RN Subs|access-date=27 September 2022}}
External links
- [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/a_1902_class/a_6_page_1.htm MaritimeQuest HMS A-6 Pages]
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Category:A-class submarines (1903)
Category:World War I submarines of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness