| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | A2 |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1920. |
1914-15: 2nd Flotilla, Portsmouth
What appears to have escaped the eyes of researchers so far is that the first diesel-engined submarine in the Royal Navy was HMS A.13X. Launched at Barrow in 1905. The boat was fitted with what is described now as "a heavy oil engine." It was in fact a diesel engine designed and built by Vickers.
Ruston-Hornsby, then Hornsby, had designed an oil engine but it was rejected on account of being "too heavy". The Vickers design was used instead. Yet diesel propulsion was not generally used until the advent of the D class boats.
| 18-04-1905 | Launched |
| 22-06-1908 | Completed |
| Class: | 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | O2a |
| Fate: | |
| She was sold to Seaforth Ship Repairers in 1987 and scrapped in 1991 at Grimsby in Doigs old ship yard | |
This is a great DVD to get you started in submarines. The DVD initially gives you a brief (15 min) history of submarine development, highlighting all the important mile stones in the early development of the submarine.
The DVD then expands into providing a more detailed explanation of both the technological and historical development of the submarine, thus providing the viewer with a well balanced introductoin to submarines.
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| Class: | 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | O2a |
| Fate: | |
| She was sold to Seaforth Ship Repairers in 1987 and scrapped in 1991 at Grimsby in Doigs old ship yard | |
This is a great DVD to get you started in submarines. The DVD initially gives you a brief (15 min) history of submarine development, highlighting all the important mile stones in the early development of the submarine.
The DVD then expands into providing a more detailed explanation of both the technological and historical development of the submarine, thus providing the viewer with a well balanced introductoin to submarines.
20 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
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