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A Class (1904) SS 
Ships

Ship Pennant
No
Commissioned. Decommission/
Loss
Note:

Group 1

A1

A1

18-Mar-1904 1911 Rammed and sunk after collision with steamship Berwick Castle, 1 mile off Nab Tower, Portsmouth with loss of all crew. Raised 18-Apr-1904 and used for experiments in hull resistance to explosions. Sunk 18-Mar-1911, raised, but wrecked without crew aboard off Selsey Bill Aug-1911. Wreck discovered 1989.

A2

A2

26-Mar-1904 1920? Foundered after grounding, Bomb Ketch Lake, Portsmouth Jan-1920. Sold as scrap 10-Nov-1925.

A3

A3

9-May-1904? 1912 Rammed and sunk by submarine tender HMS Hazard off Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight 2-Feb-1912 with loss of all crew. Raised and sunk as target, Portland Bay Apr-1912. Wreck discovered Feb-1994.

A4

A4

17-July-1904 16-Jan-1920 Sunk during signals exercise off Spithead, Portsmouth 16-Oct-1905 no casualties. Raised and returned to service. Paid off and scrapped 16-Jan-1920. 

Group 2

A5

I15

16-Feb-1905 1920 Damaged in petrol fumes explosion , Queenstown, alongside HMS Hazard 16-Feb-1905. Loss of 5 crew. Paid off and broken up Portsmouth Dockyard 1920. 

A6

I16

23-Apr-1905 1916 Sold for scrapping 16-Feb-1920.

A7

I17

16-Jan-1904 16-Jan-1914 Stuck in mud and sunk off Whitsand Bay, Cornwall with loss of all crew.

A8

I18

8-May-1905 8-Oct-1920 Sank off Plymouth 8-June-1905 with loss of 15 crew. Raised and recommissioned. Sold 8-Oct-1920.

A9

I19

8-May-1905 1919 Sold for scrapping 16-Jan-1920.

A10

I10

3-June-1905 1919 Sank 17-Mar-1917 while moored alongside HMS Pactolus, Eghaton Dock, Ardrossan. Refloated. Scrapped Plymouth Dockyard 1-Apr-1919.

A11

I01

11-July-1905 1920 Scrapped Portsmouth Dockyard May-1920.

A12

I02

23-Sep-1905 16-Jan-1920 Sold 16-Jan-1920.

A13

I03

22-June-1908 1920 First RN submarine to be powered by a diesel engine. Broken up 1920.

A14

n/a

n/a n/a Cancelled. Completed as B1.
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