HMAS AE1

Beam 22 feet 6 inches

Builder Vickers Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness, England

Commissioned 28 February 1914

Company 35

Displacement 800 tons

Draught 12 feet 6 inches

Horsepower 550

Laid down 14 November 1911

Launched 22 May 1913

Length 55.169 m (5,516.88 cm, 0.0552 km, 0.0343 mi, 181 ft, 2,172 in)

Ship-status history

Speed 5.144 m/s (18.52 km/h, 0.00514 km/s, 1,012.686 ft/min, 16.878 ft/s, 337.564 yd/m, 11.508 mph, 10 knots)

Type E Class Submarine

Armament * 4 x 18-inch torpedo tubes

Machinery * 2 sets of 8 cylinder diesel engines, battery driven electric motors

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