HMS A-8

Type:
Submarine
Class:
A Group 2 (1902) (Class Overview)
Builder:
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
Pennant Number:
I-18
Ordered:
N/A
Commissioned:
May 8, 1905
Keel Laid:
September 1, 1903
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
January 23, 1905
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
Sold Oct. 18, 1920 to Phillips, Dartmouth, England and scrapped.




Timeline:
June 8, 1905:
Sunk June 8, 1905 due to a loose rivet in the bow.

Location: English Channel, Plymouth Sound, off Plymouth, England.
15 crewmen killed, 4 survivors picked up by the trawler Chanticleer.
(Roll of Honour)
The survivors were; Lt. Algernon H. C. Candy (CO), Sub-Lt. H. C. Murdoch,
Petty Officcer 1st Class William Waller and Leading Stoker George Watt.
June12, 1905:
Wreck raised and taken to Devonport Dockyard.


Notes:
Sank one month to the day following her commissioning.


Builder's Data
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