HMS A-7

Type:
Submarine
Class:
A Group 2 (1902) (Class Overview)
Builder:
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
Pennant Number:
I-17
Ordered:
N/A
Commissioned:
April 13, 1905
Keel Laid:
September 1, 1903
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
January 21, 1905
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
Sunk Jan. 16, 1914 for unknown reasons while conducting a mock torpedo attack against
HMS Onyx and HMS Pygmy.

Location: English Channel, 9 miles SW of Plymouth, England.
(50.19.45N - 04.18.25W)

11 crewmen killed, no survivors. (Roll of Honour)




History:
Jan. 22, 1914:
Wreck located but bad weather prevented salvage. Further attempts also failed and
the wreck was abandoned.


Notes:
Grossadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz sent a note of condolence to the Royal Navy following the
disaster.


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