Investigating the Royal Navy submarine HMS/M A7 lost in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, in 1914;
Author(s): Allen Murray; Mallory Haas
Year: 2018
Summary
In 1914 A7 was on a training run and subsequently began her training dive, she was unable to surface again. Attempts were made to relocate her, but by that time all hands were lost, a total of 11 lives. The Royal Navy was then unable to recover her, and she was abandoned. Forgotten till sports divers relocated her in the 1970’s, then in 2001 A7 was designated a Controlled Site, under the Protection of Military Remains Act. Little was known of the wreck site due to a lack of monitoring of its condition. Because much could be learned from an investigation, in 2013 The A7 Project was created by The SHIPS Team. They proposed a wide-ranging study into the development, the loss, and the current condition of the submarine to the UK Ministry of Defence. Presented here is an overview of that investigation.
Cite this Record
Investigating the Royal Navy submarine HMS/M A7 lost in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, in 1914;. Allen Murray, Mallory Haas. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441574)
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Keywords
General
Royal Navy
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submarine
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WWI
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1900
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 487