HMS Holland 5 |
Type: |
Submarine |
Class: |
Holland (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Pennant Number: |
None |
Ordered: |
December 1900 |
Commissioned: |
January 19, 1903 |
Keel Laid: |
N/A |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
June 10, 1902 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
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.) |
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: |
100' |
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 |
Page created June 2, 2007 |