HMS A-4

Type:
Submarine
Class:
A Group 1 (1902) (Class Overview)
Builder:
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
Pennant Number:
None
Ordered:
N/A
Commissioned:
April 17, 1904
Keel Laid:
November 6, 1902
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
June 9, 1903
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
Sold Jan. 16, 1920 to J. H. Lee, Bembridge, Isle of Wight and scrapped.





History:
Oct. 16, 1905:
Sank off Portsmouth during sound tests when a passing ship swamped her and water
came through an open vent. She sank to 90' before the tanks were blown and the ship surfaced. All the crew escaped. However an explosion on board while under tow back to port sent her to the bottom. The sub was raised and repaired.


Notes:
The commander, Lt. Martin Nasmith, went on to command the HMS E-11 and was awarded
the Victoria Cross during the Dardanelles campaign.


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