A 3
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | A1 |
| Fate: | Rammed and sunk by the HMS Hazard (The original Submarine Tender), off the Isle of Wight on 2nd February 1912. Raised and used as target and sunk on 17th May 1912. |
Commanders
| TBA: | Lieutenant F T Ormond |
HMS Mercury, Portsmouth
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The Loss of Submarine A3
Submarine A3 was sunk as a result of a collision with HMS Hazard on 2nd Feb 1912 during trials in the Solent. All members of the crew were lost. The Submarine was raised and the bodies of the crew recovered. They were buried, later, in the Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery.
Roll of Honour |
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| Died: 02-02-1912 | |||||
| Armstrong, Charles Elliott M 277 | |||||
| Engine Room Artificer | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 39 | |||
| Barden, William Thomas 206027 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 27 | |||
| Campbell, Donald Patrick Colin | |||||
| Lieutenant | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 23 | |||
| Compton, Edwin Frank 228021 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 24 | |||
| Farr, Charles 193220 | |||||
| Leading Seaman | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 31 | |||
| Fowler, George Herbert 302987 | |||||
| Stoker 1st Class | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 29 | |||
| Gent, Arnold William 295847 | |||||
| Stoker 1st Class | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 30 | |||
| Good, Arthur Ernest 269500 | |||||
| Engine Room Artificer | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 38 | |||
| Kelly, Parker 205230 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 26 | |||
| Ormand, Frank Thompson | |||||
| Lieutenant | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 28 | |||
| Page, Charles George 219763 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 26 | |||
| Richardson, Leonard Faber | |||||
| Lieutenant | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 22 | |||
| Thornton, Ernest James Vernon | |||||
| Lieutenant | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 21 | |||
| Wilder, George 166859 | |||||
| Petty Officer 1st Class | Died: 02-02-1912 | Aged: 36 | |||
Events
| 06-11-1902 | Laid Down |
| 09-03-1903 | Launched |
| 13-07-1904 | Completed |
| 02-02-1912 | Sank off Isle of Wight after collision with HMS Hazard The Commander-in-Chief regrets to announce that owing to a collision between His Majesty's Ship Hazard and the submarine A3, the latter sank near East Princess Buoy about noon today. It is feared that the submarine was completely flooded, in which case there is very little hope of the officers and crew being saved, though salvage appliances have been sent out. Whilst on exercise off the Isle of Wight HMS A3 surfaced directly in the path of HMS Hazard. The collision caused a large hole to be torn in the side of the submarine sinking her almost immediately. |
| 17-05-1912 | Raised and used as target and sunk |
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