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keltos01 · 05-02-10, 12:22 PM

The A class was the Royal Navy's first class of British-designed submarines. Thirteen were built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness between 1902 and 1905 as an improvement on the US Plunger class. While there was considerable variation amongst the boats of the class, they were around 100 ft (30 m) long and displaced around 200 tons when submerged. All of the class were propelled underwater by battery-powered electric motors and on the surface by shaft-drive Wolseley petrol engines of 400 bhp (A1), 450 bhp (A2-4) or 600 bhp (A5-12). A13 had an experimental 500 bhp (370 kW) Vickers diesel plant, which proved unreliable.

Armament was two 18 inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes with four torpedoes, except for A-1 which had 1 tube and 3 torpedoes.

The remainder were used during the First World War for harbour defence, A2 and A4 - A6 at Portsmouth, A8 and A9 at Devonport, and A10-A12 at Ardrossan. All survived the war and were converted to training in 1918 and sold in 1919-1920 except for A2 which was wrecked while awaiting disposal and finally sold in 1925.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_class...ine_%281903%29

You should ask Iambecomelife as he makes a WWI mod for SH4

It's his game park !

keltos

05-02-10, 12:22 PM	#8
keltos01 Silent Hunter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Milan Italy Posts: 4,999 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 18	The A class was the Royal Navy's first class of British-designed submarines. Thirteen were built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness between 1902 and 1905 as an improvement on the US Plunger class. While there was considerable variation amongst the boats of the class, they were around 100 ft (30 m) long and displaced around 200 tons when submerged. All of the class were propelled underwater by battery-powered electric motors and on the surface by shaft-drive Wolseley petrol engines of 400 bhp (A1), 450 bhp (A2-4) or 600 bhp (A5-12). A13 had an experimental 500 bhp (370 kW) Vickers diesel plant, which proved unreliable. Armament was two 18 inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes with four torpedoes, except for A-1 which had 1 tube and 3 torpedoes. The remainder were used during the First World War for harbour defence, A2 and A4 - A6 at Portsmouth, A8 and A9 at Devonport, and A10-A12 at Ardrossan. All survived the war and were converted to training in 1918 and sold in 1919-1920 except for A2 which was wrecked while awaiting disposal and finally sold in 1925. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_class...ine_%281903%29 You should ask Iambecomelife as he makes a WWI mod for SH4 It's his game park ! keltos __________________ "Honorable Builder of Sinking Ships" Last edited by keltos01; 05-02-10 at 12:36 PM.