HMS A8
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HMS A8 was an early Royal Navy
submarine
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She was a member of Group Two of the first British A-class of submarines (a second, much different A-class submarine appeared towards the end of the Second World War). Like the other members of her class, she was built at Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
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She sank with the loss of 15 crew as a result of an accident whilst running on the surface in Plymouth Sound
on 8 June 1905. A sudden dip in the bow caused the submarine to be swamped through the hatch in the conning tower. She was salvaged 4 days after the accident at which point a lose rivet was found in the bow plating. The submarine was then repaired and recommissioned and used for training during the First World War
. She was scrapped in October 1920 at Dartmouth
.
Royal Navy
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submarine
Submarine
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
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She was a member of Group Two of the first British A-class of submarines (a second, much different A-class submarine appeared towards the end of the Second World War). Like the other members of her class, she was built at Vickers
Vickers
Vickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.-Early history:Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828. Naylor was a partner in the foundry Naylor &...
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...
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She sank with the loss of 15 crew as a result of an accident whilst running on the surface in Plymouth Sound
Plymouth Sound
Plymouth Sound, or locally just The Sound, is a bay at Plymouth in England.Its southwest and southeast corners are Penlee Point in Cornwall and Wembury Point on Devon, a distance of about 3 nautical miles . Its northern limit is Plymouth Hoe giving a north-south distance of nearly 3 nautical miles...
on 8 June 1905. A sudden dip in the bow caused the submarine to be swamped through the hatch in the conning tower. She was salvaged 4 days after the accident at which point a lose rivet was found in the bow plating. The submarine was then repaired and recommissioned and used for training during the First World War
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. She was scrapped in October 1920 at Dartmouth
Dartmouth, Devon
Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes...
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