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 Sank 18 March 1904, after a collision with s.s. Berwick Castle off the Nab Lighthouse The accident (first submarine loss in peace or war) happened a few days after the Prince of Wales (Later King George V) went to sea in her for a trip, as part of Adm. Jackie Fisher's propaganda programme to get money for S/Ms. She was subsequently salvaged and sunk as a target in August 1911 The crew who were lost - seven of them local to Portsmouth: Lieut. L.C.C. Mansergh ; Sub Lt. John Preston Churchill ; CERA Parkinson W.J. ; CS Fleming Albert B. ; PO 1st Cl. Baker G.G. ; PO 1st Cl. Roberts V.W.L. ; PO Dudgeon W. ; ERA Baly C.P. ; AB Wallace P.S. ; AB King C.W. ; Stoker Ellis Albert B. The Times of 24 Jan, 1907, reported that an obelisk of Sicilian marble has been erected by the Admiralty in the, naval cemetery at Haslar in memory of the officers and men who lost their lives in Submarine A 1 on March 18, 1904, and of the officers and men who were killed by an explosion on board Submarine A 5 at Queenstown on February 16, 1905, and of those who lost their lives in Submarine A 8, which accidentally foundered off Plymouth on June 8, 1905. With many thanks to Brian Cave © ^ back to top ^ |