HMS A10
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Design and description
A10 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 2 officers and 9 ratings.[1]
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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 their weight had to be compensated for by an equivalent weight of fuel.[3]
Construction and career
A10 was ordered as part of the 1903–04 Naval Programme from Vickers.[4] She was laid down at their shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness in 1903, launched on 8 February 1905 and completed on 3 June 1905.[2] She collided with the battleship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in Plymouth Sound on 30 April 1906.[5]
A10 was sold for scrap to the Ardrossan Drydock Company of Ardrossan, Scotland, on 1 April 1919 .
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External links
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