HMS A12
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Design and description
A12 was a member of the first British class of submarines, although slightly larger, faster and more heavily armed than the lead ship, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. The submarine had a length of Script error: No such module "convert". overall, a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a mean draft of Script error: No such module "convert".. They displaced Script error: No such module "convert". on the surface and Script error: No such module "convert". submerged. The A-class submarines had a crew of two officers and nine ratings.[1]
For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 16-cylinder Script error: No such module "convert". Wolseley petrol engine that drove one propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a Script error: No such module "convert". electric motor. They could reach Script error: No such module "convert". on the surface and Script error: No such module "convert". underwater.[1] On the surface, A12 had a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert".; submerged the boat had a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "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 they would have to remove an equal weight of fuel in compensation.[3]
Construction and career
A12 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 in 1903, launched on 3 March 1905 and completed on 23 September.[2]
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