- Design and description
- Construction and career
- Notes
- References
- External links
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | A|submarine (1903)|0}} submarine | 190|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} surfaced- {{convert|206|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} submerged
| 105|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} | 12|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship height= | 10|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship depth= | 600|bhp|lk=in|abbr=on}} (petrol engine)- {{convert|150|hp|abbr=on}} (electric motor)
| Ship propulsion=*1 × 16-cylinder Wolseley petrol engine | 11|kn|lk=in}} surfaced- {{convert|6|kn}} submerged
| 500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn|abbr=on}} surfaced | Ship test depth= | Ship complement=2 officers and 9 ratings | Ship armament=2 × 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes
}} | HMS A10 was an {{sclass2-|A|submarine (1903)|0}} submarine built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. After surviving World War I, she was sold for scrap in 1919. Design and descriptionA10 was a member of the first British class of submarines, although slightly larger, faster and more heavily armed than the lead ship, {{HMS|A1}}. The submarine had a length of {{convert|105|ft|1|in|m|1}} overall, a beam of {{convert|12|ft|9|in|m|1}} and a mean draft of {{convert|10|ft|8|in|m|1}}. They displaced {{convert|190|LT|t}} on the surface and {{convert|206|LT|t}} submerged. The A-class submarines had a crew of 2 officers and 11 ratings.[1]For surface running, the boats were powered by a single 16-cylinder {{convert|600|bhp|lk=in|0|adj=on}} Wolseley petrol engine that drove one propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a {{convert|150|hp|0|adj=on}} electric motor. They could reach {{convert|11|kn|lk=in}} on the surface and {{convert|6|kn}} underwater.[1] On the surface, A10 had a range of {{convert|500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}}; submerged the boat had a range of {{convert|30|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|5|kn}}.[2] 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.[3] Construction and careerA10 was ordered as part of the 1903–04 Naval Programme from Vickers.[4] She was laid down at their shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness in 1903, launched on 8 February 1905 and completed on 3 June 1905.[2] She collided with the battleship {{HMS|Empress of India}} in Plymouth Sound on 30 April 1906.[5]A10 was sold for scrap to the Ardrossan Drydock Company of Ardrossan, Scotland, on 1 April 1919 . Notes1. ^1 Gardiner & Gray, p. 86
2. ^1 Akermann, p. 120
3. ^Harrison, Chapter 27
4. ^Harrison, Chapter 3
5. ^Burt, p. 100.
References- {{cite book|last=Akermann|first=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955|edition=reprint of the 1989|year=2002|publisher=Periscope Publishing|location=Penzance, Cornwall|isbn=1-904381-05-7}}
- {{cite book|last=Burt|first=R. A.|title=British Battleships 1889–1904|year=2013|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-59114-065-8}}
- {{Colledge}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921|year=1984|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|lastauthoramp=y}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.rnsubs.co.uk/Boats/BR3043/chapter07.php|title=The Development of HM Submarines From Holland No. 1 (1901) to Porpoise (1930) (BR3043)|last=Harrison|first=A. N.|date=January 1979|publisher=Submariners Association: Barrow in Furness Branch|accessdate=19 August 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519040644/http://www.rnsubs.co.uk/Boats/BR3043/chapter07.php|archivedate=19 May 2015|df=}}
External links- MaritimeQuest HMS A-10 Pages
- 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum
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