A2

Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	A Group 1
Fate:	Foundered in Bomb Ketch Lake Portsmouth in January 1920. Sold 22/10/1925 to H J Pounds of Portsmouth

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Events

06-11-1902 :	Laid Down
15-04-1903 :	Launched
21-06-1904 :	Completed

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A Group 1 Specification

Length overall	105' 0 1â„2"
Beam	12' 8 3â„4"
Depth	10' 8"
Displacement	190 tons (surface)
	205.5 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth	100'
Speed	Surface 11.5 knots (design) 11+ knots (service)
	Submerged 7 knots (design) 6 knots (service)
No. of shafts	1
Propeller	3 blades, 4' 4" diameter
Armament	2 18" bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried)
Endurance	Surface: 600 miles at full power (design)
	Surface: 325 miles at full power (service)
	Submerged: 20 miles at 6 knots (service)
Complement	11

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AE1 - Missing Sub

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The whereabouts of a Barrow built submarine sunk during the First World War has remained a mystery for nine decades. The AE1 submarine, built by Vickers Armstrong for the Royal Australian Navy, disappeared on September 14, 1914, just three months into the war, with the loss of 35 crew members. The tragedy came the day after the submarine had helped to capture what was then German New Guinea, now Papua New Guinea