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* {{LieutRN}} [[Loftus Charles Ogilvy Mansergh|Loftus C. O. Mansergh]], 20 July, 1903,{{INF}} and in command when lost.<ref>Mansergh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/141}} f. 107.</ref> | * {{LieutRN}} [[Loftus Charles Ogilvy Mansergh|Loftus C. O. Mansergh]], 20 July, 1903,{{INF}} and in command when lost.<ref>Mansergh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/141}} f. 107.</ref> | ||
| + | * {{LieutRN}} [[Philip Ernest Uniacke Townshend|Philip E. U. Townshend]], 1 January, 1910.{{NLMar10|p. 344}} | ||
| + | * {{LieutRN}} [[Geoffrey Nepean Biggs|Geoffrey N. Biggs]], 2 December, 1910.{{NLMar11|p. 344}} | ||
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Revision as of 20:47, 29 April 2014
| H.M.S. A 1 (1902) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Vickers[1] |
| Launched: | 9 Jul, 1902[2] |
| Commissioned: | Jul, 1903[3] |
| Rammed: | 18 Mar, 1904[4] |
| Fate: | by Berwick Castle |
Service
During exercises with the Home Fleet off the Nab on the afternoon of 18 March, 1904, A 1 was run down by the Union-Castle mail steamer Berwick Castle while submerged. About fifteen minutes prior to the collision, Berwick Castle sighted A 1, apparently surfaced, four points on her port bow quarter. A 1 submerged shortly thereafter, and an slight turn by the Berwick Castle brought her onto a collision course with the submarine. Admiral Fisher declared that any lookouts aboard the steamer could not have seen the submarine's periscope in time to avoid the collision. Aware that naval manoeuvres were in progress, Berwick Castle's crew mistook the impact of the collision with A 1 for a hit by a practice torpedo.[5][6]
Although subsequently salvaged and repaired in April 1904, A 1 was never recommissioned. Instead she was converted to a target vessel, and was sunk in that capacity in August 1911.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant Loftus C. O. Mansergh, 20 July, 1903,[Inference] and in command when lost.[8]
- Lieutenant Philip E. U. Townshend, 1 January, 1910.Template:NLMar10
- Lieutenant Geoffrey N. Biggs, 2 December, 1910.[9]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 86.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 86.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 86.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 86.
- ↑ Telegram. C.-in-C. Portsmouth to Admiralty. 19 March, 1904. Reproduced in Lambert. p. 82-83.
- ↑ Sueter. p. 150-156.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 86.
- ↑ Mansergh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141 f. 107.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 344.
Bibliography
- Lambert, Nicholas. The Submarine Service, 1900-1918. Aldershot: Ashgate for Navy Records Society (2001).
- Sueter, Commodore Murray F., The Evolution of The Submarine Boat Mine and Torpedo from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Time. Portsmouth: Gieve's (1907).
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