H.M. SUBMARINE A7

[A Class] [A5] [A6] [A7] [A8] [A9] [A10] [A11] [A12] [A13]

Early A Class Boats
H.M. Submarine A7 and others.

'Coastal Submarine'

Type:

'A' Class

Group Two

Pennant No.:

I.17

 

Laid Down:

1st September 1903

Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness.

Commissioned:

13th April 1905

Not known at present.

Commander:

1913

Lt. G.S. Welman.

Complement:

11

2 Officers, 9 Ratings.

Service Career:

Third Flotilla

HMS Forth, Plymouth

Fate:

A.7 was fitted with experimental hydroplanes on the conning tower.

Sank 16 January 1914 with the loss of 11 lives.