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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>}}
 
{{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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Revision as of 20:23, 18 May 2022

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]

In April, 1911, A 8 was one of the four "A" class boats comprising the Devonport Submarine Flotilla.[7]

She remained with that formation after it was re-designated the First Submarine Flotilla around August, 1912 and continued to serve out of Devonport until she disappeared from the Navy List around February 1916. She likely went out of service about that time.

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. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 270b.
  8. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 18.
  9. ↑ Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
  11. ↑ Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 351.
  13. ↑ Greig Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/118. f. 229.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 350.
  15. ↑ Greig Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/118. f. 229.
  16. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/265. f. ?.
  17. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 350.
  18. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/265. f. ?.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 350.
  20. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 1 Dec. 1911, p. 15.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 350.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 343.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 364.
  24. ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.

Bibliography


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