Holland Class Submarines Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
63' 10" |
Engines: |
1 Wolseley four cylinder gasoline |
Beam: |
11' 10" |
Motors: |
1 |
Draft: |
9' 11" |
Shafts: |
1 |
Pressure Hull |
Horsepower |
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Length: |
N/A |
Engines: |
160 |
Diameter: |
N/A |
Motors: |
70 |
Displacement |
Speed |
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Surfaced: |
113 |
Surfaced: |
7.5 knots (design 8 knots) |
Submerged: |
122 |
Submerged: |
6 knots (design 7) |
Diving Depth: |
50' |
Range |
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Surfaced: |
235 NM @ 7 knots (design 500 NM @ 8 knots) |
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Crew: |
7 (+ 1 trainee) |
Submerged: |
10 NM @ 5 knots |
Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range |
1 |
18" (450mm) Torpedo tube |
Bow |
800 yards @ 26.5 knots 118 lbs. wet gun-cotton warhead 3 reloads |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Oct. 2, 1901 |
Feb. 2, 1903 |
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Fate |
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On display at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, England.
(Sank in tow Nov. 5, 1913 while en route to the breakers yard in Wales. Aprox. 1.5 miles from Eddystone lighthouse. Wreck found Apr. 14, 1981 and raised in Sept. 1982) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Feb. 21, 1902 |
Aug. 1, 1902 |
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Fate |
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Sold Oct. 7, 1913 to Pollock & Brown, Southampton, England and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
May 9, 1902 |
Jan. 19, 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sold Oct. 7, 1913 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
May 23, 1902 |
Aug. 2, 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sank Sept. 3, 1912 en route to breakers, raised and sunk as target in 1914.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
June 10, 1902 |
Jan. 19, 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sank while under tow Aug. 8, 1912.
Location: English Channel, 12 miles SE of Eastbourne, England. (50.41.655N - 00.30.867E) (Wreck located in 1995 by Jerry Dowd. A positive ID of the wreck was made in Apr. 2001.) |
Class Notes: |
All Holland boats were built under contract from the Electric Boat Co. |
A sixth Holland boat was built but, it was considerably altered in design so it became the HMS A-1 of the A class. |
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Holland 2 was fitted with a conning tower in 1905, the only one in the class to be so fitted. |
Page created June 2, 2007 |