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A 9 (I 19)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: A2
Fate: Sold for breaking in January 1920
A7 & A9 with depot ship
A7 & A9 with depot ship

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Commanders
1905: Lieutenant   Fraser
1912: Lieutenant   Thomas Kerr
1915: Lieutenant   A M Winser
1915: Lieutenant   Kenneth Michell

1914-15: 1st Flotilla, Devonport, HMS Onyx
1918: Training duty

Events

 08-03-1905   Launched
 08-05-1905   Completed
A2 Specification
Length overall  105 ft 1/2 inch
Beam  12 ft
Depth  10 ft
Displacement  180 tons (surface)
  207 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth  100 ft
Speed  Surface 11.5 knots (design)
  Surface 11 + knots (service)
  Submerged 7 knots (design)
  Submerged 6 knots (service)
No. of shafts  1
Propeller  3 blades, 4 ft 4 inch diameter
Armament  2 x 18 inch 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  2 x Officers, 9 x Ratings
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