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|country=United Kingdom | |||
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|name=HMS ''A6'' | |||
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|builder=[[Vickers#Vickers.2C Sons .26 Maxim|Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd.]] [[Barrow-in-Furness]] | |||
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|laid_down=1 September 1903 | |||
|launched=3 March 1904 | |||
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|commissioned=23 March 1905 | |||
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|fate=Sold, 8 October 1920 for breaking up | |||
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|class={{sclass2|A|submarine (1903)|0}} [[submarine]] | |||
|displacement=*{{convert|190|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} surfaced | |||
*{{convert|206|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} submerged | |||
|length={{convert|105|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} | |||
|beam={{convert|12|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | |||
|height= | |||
|draught={{convert|10|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | |||
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|power=*{{convert|550|bhp|lk=in|abbr=on}} ([[petrol engine]]) | |||
*{{convert|150|hp|abbr=on}} ([[electric motor]]) | |||
|propulsion=*1 × 16-cylinder Wolseley petrol engine | |||
*1 × electric motor | |||
|speed=*{{convert|11|kn|lk=in}} surfaced | |||
*{{convert|7|kn}} submerged | |||
|range={{convert|500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn|abbr=on}} surfaced | |||
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|complement=2 officers and 9 ratings | |||
|armament=2 × [[British 18 inch torpedo|18-inch (45 cm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s | |||
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'''HMS ''A6''''' was an {{sclass2|A|submarine (1903)|0}} [[submarine]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the first decade of the 20th century. | '''HMS ''A6''''' was an {{sclass2|A|submarine (1903)|0}} [[submarine]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the first decade of the 20th century. | ||
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Design and description
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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
A6 was ordered as part of the 1903–04 Naval Programme from at Vickers.[4] 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.[2]
A6 ran aground on a sandbank in Sandown harbour on 31 July 1906, but received little damage.[5]
Notes
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External links
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