HMS A13
HMS A13 underway
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History | |
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Name | HMS A13 |
Builder | Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 19 February 1903 |
Launched | 18 April 1905 |
Commissioned | 22 June 1908 |
Fate | Sold for scrap in 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | A-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 105 ft (32.0 m) |
Beam | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 8 in (3.3 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced |
Complement | 2 officers and 9 ratings |
Armament | 2 × 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes |
HMS A13 was an A-class submarine built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was the first British submarine not to use a petrol engine. After surviving World War I, she was sold for scrap in 1920.
Design and description
A13 was a member of the
draft of 10 feet 8 inches (3.3 m). They displaced 190 long tons (190 t) on the surface and 206 long tons (209 t) submerged. The A-class submarines had a crew of 2 officers and 9 ratings.[1]
For surface running, A13 was powered by a single vertical, six-cylinder 500-
propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a 150-horsepower (112 kW) electric motor. They could reach 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) on the surface and 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) underwater.[1] The heavy oil engine was 3 long tons (3 t) heavier than the petrol engines used by the other boats in the class and an equal amount of fuel had to be removed, which reduced their range despite the heavy oil engine's more economical consumption. On the surface, the boat had a range of about 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph);[2] submerged the boat had a range of 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph).[3]
The boats were armed with two
18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They could carry a pair of reload torpedoes, but generally did not as doing so that they had to compensate for their weight by an equivalent weight of fuel.[4]
Construction and career
A13 was ordered as part of the 1903–04 Naval Programme from at
launched on 8 February 1905 and completed on 8 May 1905.[3]
The boat was broken up in 1920.
Notes
References
- Akermann, Paul (2002). Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955 (reprint of the 1989 ed.). Penzance, Cornwall: Periscope Publishing. ISBN 1-904381-05-7.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Harrison, A. N. (January 1979). "The Development of HM Submarines From Holland No. 1 (1901) to Porpoise (1930) (BR3043)". RN Subs. Retrieved 27 September 2022.