ww1 UK subs

B class submarines (1904)

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Patrol Submersibles 1904-1906, service until 1918. B-1 to B-11, 11 completed total The B class submersibles were the follow-up of the “A” class directly derived from the first Holland boats built in Britain. These 11 submarines all built at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness were launched in 1904–06. Apart one lost in a collision, and unlike previous A … Read more

A class submarines (1902)

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Patrol Submersibles 1904-1906, service until 1918. A-1 to A-13, 13 completed total The A class submersibles were directly derived from the first Holland boats and truly the first properly serviceable class, also active in WWI unlike their forebears used only for training. All in all, thirteen were built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness between 1902 and 1905. … Read more