HMS Holland 4

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HMS Holland 4 underway at Portsmouth, England.
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHolland 4
Builder Vickers Maxim shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down1902
Launched23 May 1902
Commissioned2 August 1903
Stricken1912
Fate
  • Foundered 3 September 1912
  • Salvaged
  • Sunk as target 17 October 1914
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

Holland-class submarine No 4 was built by Vickers, at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom. She was laid down in 1902 and launched on 23 May 1902. [2] After successfully completing deep sea trials in the Irish Sea in August 1902, [3] she was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 August 1903.

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In 1905 the submarine was fitted with a conning tower, [4] becoming the only member of the Holland-class to be receive this modification. [4] She was stricken from service in 1912 [5] and foundered on 3 September 1912. She was later salvaged and used as a gunnery target on 17 October 1914.

Service history

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References

  1. 1 2 Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Submarines War Beneath the Waves From 1776 to the present day . HarperCollinsPublishers. pp.  25–27. ISBN   0-00-765333-6.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36776. London. 24 May 1902. p. 8.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36848. London. 16 August 1902. p. 4.
  4. 1 2 Tall, J.J; Paul Kemp (1996). HM Submarines in Camera An Illustrated History of British Submarines. Sutton Publishing. p. 7. ISBN   0-7509-0875-0.
  5. ↑ Gray, Randal, ed., Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, ISBN   0-87021-907-3, p. 86.


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