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A 12 (I 02)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: A2
Fate: Sold for breaking on 16th January 1920 to J.H. Lee Bembridge IOW.

A12 launch

A12

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Commanders
1905: Lieutenant   H G Higgins
1915: Lieutenant   D M Fell

1914: 9th Flotilla Devonport, HMS Pactolus
1914-15: 9th Flotilla, Ardrossan
1915-16: 4th Flotilla, Dover
1918: Training duty

Events

08-03-1905  Launched
23-09-1905  Completed
16-01-1920  Sold for breaking to J.H. Lee Bembridge, IOW.
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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