Show I i fOURTEEN DIE IN BRITISH BRITIS SUBMARINE Little LttIe Diver Fills and SinKs After Collision With Gunboat ACCIDENT OCCURS OFF ISLE OF WIGHT Goes Down on Spot Where Sister Submarine SanK SanKin in 1904 PORTSMOUTH Eng Feb Fob 2 TIE The The British submarine A 3 sank this hiB morning after a collision with tho the British Brit Brit- ish gunboat Hazard off the eastern end endot of ot the Isle of Wight A cruiser is standing byThe by The The TheA V A carried t j a a crew of f Tl 14 men mon whose fate fato is not definitely known It is believed however that th tho vessel is full fuU of ot water and all are aro lost The rhe submarine 3 A which went out of or harbor harbot- this s mornin morning to carry carryout carryout carryout out a R series of diving and torpedo exercises ex cx- x sank like liI a a. stone immediately after her ier collision with tho the gunboat Hazard A bi big escape creapo of gas as which wa ws observed ob oh- served on the surface immediately after after aft ait er she sank indicates that the vessel immediately filled with ith water The submarine lies ies on the Princess Shoal almost on the tho same samO spot whore the submarine A A 3 1 was lost with all allhands allhands hands on March IS 1904 1004 It is practically certain that live five officers officers officers of of- and nine men of the tho submarines submarine's crow were dro drowned ned The Hazard thre threw out ut life jfe buoys and launched boats i icu in inCase incase cu case e r. r ny y of tho the men should escape but none nODe came came to the surface J British submarines belonging to the theA theA II A A A class dalS have h been singularly ary The A 5 bad had six sic men killed and arid twelve injured by bp an e explosion ex cx- at Queenstown on 16 hI I lOp The S A sank mk o off Plymouth on Tune June 5 S 1908 1008 when fourteen men out of her ber crew crew of ei eighteen lost their iv lives s. s The TheA A ASMik durin during the tho maneuvers ers ere at Portsmouth on OD November 16 of the tho same year but the wh whole lc o of her herere ere crew wore Wore cd with considerable 1 difficult i ty fh Th Md had o be r n ni in on August 0 G 1910 This of pf boat is ig a t single zinIe screw submersible of a modified Holland type with a length en h of f feat feirt lt and beam of 12 fee feet feets S inches Their displacement die dis I dis-I placement is 1808 tons tong They are driven en cn b by by- gasoline motors when on the surface e of the water ater and by bJ electric motors when submerged They have a s' I surface speed of twelve knots knot and a n submerged speed of knots knot The fhe I m motors t rs develop indicated horsepower cr er or- cron oron on the surface and ICO 0 horsepower cr when submerged Their armament 1 consists consists con con- of two torpedo t tubes I |