H.M.S. A 7 (1905)
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H.M.S. A 7 (1905) | |
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Pendant Number: | I.17 (1914)[Inference] |
Builder: | Vickers[1] |
Launched: | 23 Jan, 1905[2] |
Lost: | 16 Jan, 1914[3] |
H.M.S. A 7 was one of thirteen "A" class coastal submarines completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
In April, 1911, A 7 was one of the four "A" class boats comprising the Devonport Submarine Flotilla.[4] She remained with that formation when it was re-designated as the First Submarine Flotilla around August, 1912. She was lost in a training accident in January, 1914.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant in Command Claude C. Dobson, 1 May, 1909[5] – 1 March, 1910[6]
- Lieutenant Reginald B. Darke, 1 March, 1910[7][8] – 8 August, 1910[9]
- Lieutenant in Command Roland A. V. Durell, 8 August, 1910[10] – 24 May, 1911
- Lieutenant in Command Rowland K. C. Pope, 24 May, 1911[11] – 8 November, 1911[12]
- Lieutenant Henry P. Hughes, 8 November, 1911[13][14] – 15 August, 1912[15]
- Lieutenant & Commander Geoffrey Warburton, 15 August, 1912[16] – 28 February, 1913
- Lieutenant Philip E. Phillips, 28 February, 1913[17] – November, 1913[18]
- Lieutenant in Command Gilbert M. Welman, November, 1913[19] – 16 January, 1914[20] (died when vessel was lost in a diving accident)
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 270b.
- ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
- ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
- ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 350.
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95. f. 456.
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95. f. 456.
- ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/22. f. 182.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 350.
- ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/22. f. 182.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 5 Aug. 1912, p. 4.
- ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
- ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 351.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 23.
Bibliography
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