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{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}

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|Ship fate=Scrapped 1920
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|Ship class=[[A class submarine (1903)|A class submarine]]
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|Ship displacement=190&nbsp;tons surfaced, 207&nbsp;tons submerged
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|Ship propulsion=550&nbsp;hp petrol engine
150&nbsp;hp electric engine
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'''HMS ''A8''''' was an early [[Royal Navy]] [[submarine]].

She was a member of Group Two of the 1903 British [[A class submarine (1903)|A-class of submarines]]. Like the other members of her class, she was built at [[Vickers]] [[Barrow-in-Furness]].

She sank with the loss of 15 crew as a result of an accident whilst running on the surface in [[Plymouth Sound]] on 8 June 1905.<ref name=Gray /> A sudden dip in the bow caused the submarine to be swamped through the hatch in the conning tower.<ref name=Gray />Only 4 survived. She was salvaged four days after the accident at which point a loose rivet was found in the bow plating.<ref name=Gray>{{cite book |title=Disasters of the Deep A Comprehensive Survey of Submarine Accidents & Disasters |last=Gray |first=Edwyn |authorlink=Edwyn Gray |year=2003|publisher=Leo Cooper|isbn=0-85052-987-5 |pages=51–52 }}</ref> The submarine was then repaired and recommissioned and used for training during the [[World War I|First World War]] along with ''[[HMS A9|A9]]'' as part of the First Submarine Flotilla, operating near Devonport through early 1916. She was scrapped in October 1920 at [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/a_1902_class/a_8_page_1.htm MaritimeQuest HMS A-8 Pages]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/a_1902_class/a_8_roll_of_honour.htm HMS A-8 Roll of Honour]
* [http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=1 'Submarine Losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107222934/http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=1 |date=7 January 2018 }}

{{A class submarine (1903)}}
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[[Category:A-class submarines (1903)]]
[[Category:World War I submarines of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:British submarine accidents]]
[[Category:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness]]
[[Category:Royal Navy ship names]]
[[Category:1905 ships]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1905]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks of England]]


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