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"A" submarines (PLUNGER (A1)) (1903)
Photo
A2 1912
Ships
No |
Name |
Yard No | Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comm |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SS2 |
Plunger, 11.1911- A1 |
97 | Crescent, Elizabethport |
5/1901 | 1.2.1902 |
9.1903 | stricken 2.1913 |
| SS3 | Adder, 11.1911- A2 | 88 | Crescent, Elizabethport | 10/1900 | 22.7.1901 | 1.1903 | target 9.1920 |
| SS4 | Grampus, 11.1911- A3 | 76 | Union Iron Wks, San Francisco | 12/1900 | 31.7.1902 | 5.1903 | stricken 1.1922 |
| SS5 | Moccasin, 11.1911- A4 | 89 | Crescent, Elizabethport | 11/1900 | 20.8.1901 | 1.1903 | stricken 1.1922 |
| SS6 | Pike, 11.1911- A5 | 77 | Union Iron Wks, San Francisco | 12/1900 | 14.1.1903 | 5.1903 | stricken 1.1922 |
| SS7 | Porpoise, 11.1911- A6 | 91 | Crescent, Elizabethport | 12/1900 | 23.9.1902 | 9.1903 | target 7.1921 |
| SS8 | Shark, 11.1911- A7 | 92 | Crescent, Elizabethport | 1/1901 | 19.10.1901 | 9.1903 | stricken 1.1922 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t |
|
|---|---|
| Displacement normal, t | 107 / 123 |
| Length, m | 19.5 |
| Breadth, m | 3.60 |
| Draught, m | 3.20 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 Otto petrol engine / 1 electric motor |
| Power, h. p. | 160 / 150 |
| Max speed, kts | 8 / 7 |
| Fuel, t | petrol 2.2 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
| Armament | 1 - 450 TT (bow, 5) |
| Complement | 7 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 25 |
Graphics
A2 1912
Project history
These developments of the original Holland were intended for port defense, the crews living ashore or aboard tenders.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
All except Plunger were shipped to the Philippines (1st Submarine Division, Asiatic Torpedo Fleet off Cavite naval base, Luzon) aboard colliers in pairs 1908, 1909 and 1915, ending their careers in the Far East as targets.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014
