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A3 Submarine


A3 Submarine
 
A3 Submarine  
Dive Category Wreck
Dive Type Band 40
Max. depth: 38 (M)
Trip Time: 3H :30M

Minimum number of divers: 6

Type of vessel - A Class Submarine
How sunk - Target practice
Former names - None
Wreck height - 5m
Max Depth - 38m
Tonnage - 207
Length - 105
Date sunk - 02 Jan 1912


The HMS A3 lost all hands after she surfaced in the path of HMS Hazard during an exercise off the Isle of Wight. She was raised a few weeks later, towed out to sea and sunk by gunfire from HMS Vincent. She is a protected wreck.

A3 Submarine information