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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''A 8''''' was one of 13 submarines of the [["A" Class Submarine (1902)|"A" class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''A 8''''' was one of thirteen [["A" Class Submarine (1902)|"A" class coastal submarines]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
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When she sank on 8 June, 1905 off Plymouth breakwater, only the four of the eighteen aboard who were on deck when water came crashing into her conning tower hatch were saved.  Though the vessel was raised on 13 June and eventually placed back into service, she was the Royal Navy's second submarine disaster.{{ToL|The Disaster to a Submarine|Wednesday, Jun 14, 1905; pg. 7; Issue 37733}}<ref>"Submarine Disaster."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Jul 16, 1909; pg. 10; Issue 39013.</ref>
  
 
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* Lieutenant & Commander [[Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell|Eric E. C. Tufnell]], 8 February, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913) p. 343.</ref>
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* {{LieutRN}} [[Robert Neville Stopford|Robert N. Stopford]], October, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915) p. 364.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|nick=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|appt=18 May, 1908<ref>Vaughan-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/237.|D7604335}} f. 127.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 318}}|end=15 February, 1909<ref>Vaughan-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/237.|D7604335}} f. 127.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gilbert Esdaile Venning|nick=Gilbert E. Venning|appt=15 February, 1909{{NLJul09|p. 351}}|end=4 January, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Donald Greig|nick=Donald Greig|appt=4 January, 1910{{NLApr10|p. 350}}|end=August, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Charles Lester Kerr|nick=Charles L. Kerr|appt=8 August, 1910<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/265.|D7604677}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLMar11|p. 350}}|end=22 February, 1911<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/265.|D7604677}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Herbert William Shove|nick=Herbert W. Shove|appt=22 February, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 350}}|end=1 December, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Thomas Hewson|nick=Francis T. Hewson|appt=1 December, 1911{{NLJan12|p. 350}}|end=8 March, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell|nick=Eric E. C. Tufnell|appt=8 February, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 343}}|end=October, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Neville Stopford|nick=Robert N. Stopford|appt=October, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 364}}|end=6 May, 1915<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/6.|D7605093}} 357.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Richard Ivor Pulleyne|nick=Richard I. Pulleyne|appt=6 May, 1915|end=February, 1916}}
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Revision as of 09:31, 4 September 2018

H.M.S. A 8 (1905)
Pendant Number: I.18 (1914)
A.8 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Launched: 23 Jan, 1905[3]
Sold: Oct, 1920[4]
H.M.S. A 8 was one of thirteen "A" class coastal submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

When she sank on 8 June, 1905 off Plymouth breakwater, only the four of the eighteen aboard who were on deck when water came crashing into her conning tower hatch were saved. Though the vessel was raised on 13 June and eventually placed back into service, she was the Royal Navy's second submarine disaster.[5][6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 82.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 86.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 86.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 86.
  5. ↑ "The Disaster to a Submarine." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 14, 1905; pg. 7; Issue 37733.
  6. ↑ "Submarine Disaster." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 16, 1909; pg. 10; Issue 39013.
  7. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 18.
  8. ↑ Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
  10. ↑ Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 351.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 350.
  13. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/265. f. ?.
  14. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 350.
  15. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/265. f. ?.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 350.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 350.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 343.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 364.
  20. ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.

Bibliography


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