HMS A5
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For the WWII A class submarines, see Amphion-class submarine.
HMS A5 was an early Royal Navy submarine. She was a member of Group Two of the first British A class of submarines. Like all members of her class, she was built at Vickers Barrow-in-Furness.
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Name | HMS A5 |
Laid down | 19 February 1902 |
Launched | March 1904 |
Commissioned | 11 February 1905 |
Decommissioned | December 1915 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1920 at Portsmouth Dockyard |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | A-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 105.25 ft (32.08 m) |
Beam | 12.75 ft (3.89 m) |
Draught | 10.5 ft (3.2 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) maximum surfaced*8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) maximum submerged |
Range |
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Complement | 11 (2 officers and 9 ratings) |
Armament | 2 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes, plus two reloads |
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