HMS Holland 2

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Holland 2 alongside HMS Hazard
History
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NameHolland 2
Builder Vickers Maxim shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down4 February 1901
Commissioned1 August 1902
FateSold on 7 October 1913
General characteristics
Type Submarine
Displacement105 long tons (107 t) submerged
Length63 ft 10 in (19.46 m) [1]
Beam11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) [1]
Propulsion
  • Petrol engine, 160 hp (119 kW)
  • Electric motor, 70 hp (52 kW)
Speed7 knots (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) submerged
Range20 nmi (37 km) at 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) submerged
Test depth100 ft (30 m)
Complement8 (Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant, Coxswain, Torpedo Instructor, Chief Engineering Artificer, Leading Stoker, Stoker, Leading Seaman and Able Seaman)
Armament

HMS Holland 2 was the second Royal Navy submarine to be built, and the first to be given a non-secret launch, in February 1902.

She was the second of the Holland-class submarines. Holland No. 2 was laid down on 4 February 1901 and commissioned on 1 August 1902. [2] She set the depth record for the British Holland-class, accidentally diving to 78 feet. [3]

In December 1902 she sustained some minor damage after a current took her off course and she accidentally surfaced directly underneath a brigantine. [4]

She was sold on 7 October 1913.

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