HMS Holland 4 underway at Portsmouth, England. | |
History | |
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Name | Holland 4 |
Builder | Vickers Maxim shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 1902 |
Launched | 23 May 1902 |
Commissioned | 2 August 1903 |
Stricken | 1912 |
Fate |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement | 105 long tons (107 t) submerged |
Length | 63 ft 10 in (19.46 m) [1] |
Beam | 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) [1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 7 knots (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) submerged |
Range | 20 nmi (37 km) at 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) submerged |
Test depth | 100 ft (30 m) |
Complement | 8 (Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant, Coxswain, Torpedo Instructor, Chief Engineering Artificer, Leading Stoker, Stoker, Leading Seaman and Able Seaman) |
Armament |
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Holland-class submarine No 4 was built by Vickers, at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom, and was laid down in 1902. She was launched on 23 May 1902, [2] and successfully concluded deep sea trials in the Irish Sea in August 1902. [3] She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 August 1903. In 1905 the submarine was fitted with a conning tower. [4] She was the only member of the Holland-class to be given this modification. [4] She was stricken in 1912. [5] She foundered on 3 September 1912. She was salvaged and used as a gunnery target on 17 October 1914.
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