Holland 1
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 Holland 1 underway |
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 1900 |
| Laid down: | By American Electric Boat Company, under license at Vickers Maxim shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, 1900 |
| Launched: | From Yacht Shed No 1, 1901, in secret, 8 months after order |
| Commissioned: | 1901 |
| Decommissioned: | 5 November 1913 |
| Fate: | accidentally lost while under tow, subsequently raised and on display at Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | ?/105 tons (surface/submerged) |
| Length: | 63.44 feet |
| Beam: | feet |
| Draught: | feet |
| Propulsion & power: | 160 horse power petrol enginspe for use when surfaced. 70 horse power electric motor for use when submerged |
| Speed: | ?/7 knots (surface/submerged) |
| Range: | miles at knots/20 miles at 7 knots (surface / submerged) |
| Diving depth (feet): | 100 |
| Complement: | Eight. Consisting of Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant, Coxswain, Torpedo Instructor, Chief Engineering Artificer, Leading Stoker, Stoker, Leading Seaman and Able Seaman |
| Armament (submerged): | Up to three 18 inch torpedoes |
| Armament (surface): | |
| Motto: | Unknown |
Holland 1 was the first submarine commissioned by the Royal Navy, the first in a six-boat batch of the Holland class submarine. She can still be seen at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport.
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[edit] History
In 1901 she was commissioned from John Philip Holland and built at Barrow-in-Furness. In September 1902 she arrived at Portsmouth with the other completed Holland boat and along with HMS Hazard (their floating submarine base) made up the "First Submarine Flotilla", commanded by Captain Reginald Bacon. Recognizing how dangerous the new submarines could be, he proceeded cautiously with training his small band of volunteer officers and men. There were accidents and disappointments but just a few months later Captain Bacon reported that:
- "Even these Little Boats would be a terror to any ship attempting to remain or pass near a harbour holding them".
She was lost in 1913 while under tow to the scrapyard following decommissioning.
In 1980 she was raised. From 1983 after coating in anti-corrosion chemicals she was displayed in open air. However by 1993 it was apparent that the treatment had proved inadequate. A fibreglass tank was built around her and she was immersed in sodium carbonate solution from 1995. After four years the corrosive chloride ions had been removed and she was able to be displayed again after restoration work.[1] In 2001, on her centenary, a new purpose-built climate controlled building was opened by Countess Mountbatten.
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[edit] External links
- Own page on RNSM website
- Early Holland Submarines Photos of John Holland's Submarine No. 1 and the Fenian Ram at the Paterson Museum
- MaritimeQuest HMS Holland 1 Pages
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