HMS A-5 |
Type: |
Submarine |
Class: |
A (Group 2) (1902) |
Builder: |
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Pennant Number: |
I-15 |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
February 11, 1905 |
Keel Laid: |
September 1, 1903 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
March 3, 1904 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Scrapped at the Portsmouth Dockyard in 1920.
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History: |
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Feb. 16, 1905: |
Two internal explosion caused by gas fumes killed 6 men at Queenstown, Ireland. (Roll of Honour) |
Five others were injured and treated at hospital, the were; Banham, Edward (Able Seaman) Good, Henry J. G. (Lieutenant) Commanding Officer Hughes, Edwin W. (Able Seaman) Randall, John B. B. (Act./Engine Room Artificer 4th Class) Winstley, Thomas (Chief Stoker) |
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Four members of the crew of HMS Hazard were injured in the second explosion when they boarded A-5 to rescue those in the submarine, they were; Brady, Patrick (Stoker) Flack, William (Able Seaman) Mason, Richard (Stoker) Maw, William J. (Stoker) |
Builder's Data |
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Page published June 2, 2007 |