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That's cool. Looks like she's amazingly well preserved.SubCommittee member #0069 (since the dawn of time.....) -
This has been one of our navies biggest mysteries for over 100 years. She was lost off Papua New Guniea in Australia's first military action of WW1. Most Aussies think our first military engagement with the enemy was at Gallipoli, it was actually in PNG right on our doorstep.
AE2 was lost in the Dardanelles a year later. I have considered modelling one of these boats. There may be some interst here in Oz.
David H
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David, I think you should go for it. After reading much more about AE1 and AE2, they are certainly interesting and unique boats. If I didn't have so many project boats in the queue, I would consider modeling them myself. Great looking boats!
JimSubCommittee member #0069 (since the dawn of time.....)Comment
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It's good that the mystery of the sad loss may soon be known.
The AE1 was one of the Barrow (in Furness) E boats built by Vickers (Yard Number 419, launched 22/5/1913)
John Parker wrote a good article about Australia's First Submarines in "Model Boats" magazine (September 2014).
To help any potential builders, there is a (rather faded!) copy of a Norman Ough Drawing of an E class here:
It would be very good to see some more models of World War 1 submarines around.
Thanks for the news.
DavidLast edited by David F; 12-22-2017, 01:31 PM.Comment
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Here is a very large drawing of the AE1 & AE2 General Arrangement
I linked to the drawing because the drawing is 15,280 kb.
Appears to be the same drawing that is zipped in the link above.
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Here is a faded top and profile drawingComment
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How about an image of the boat?
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Very good looking hull, bet it would make a great dynamic diver with those long planes.Comment
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The discovery of AE1 is really great news. All of the media attention has inspired me to get back into my own model AE sub that I started a couple of years ago. A 1:72nd scale scratch build.
Steve B.
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