HMS Holland 4

	HMS Holland 4 underway at Portsmouth, England.
History
United Kingdom
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	Foundered 3 September 1912; Salvaged; Sunk as target 17 October 1914;
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	105 long tons (107 t) submerged
Length	63 ft 10 in (19.46 m)
Beam	11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
Propulsion	Petrol engine, 160 hp (119 kW); Electric motor, 70 hp (52 kW);
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	1 × 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tube; up to 3 torpedoes;

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.

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

References

^ ^a ^b Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Submarines War Beneath the Waves From 1776 to the present day. HarperCollinsPublishers. pp. 25–27. ISBN 0-00-765333-6.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36776. London. 24 May 1902. p. 8.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36848. London. 16 August 1902. p. 4.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.

External links

HMS Holland 4 page at MaritimeQuest

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[robert25-1] 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.

[tall-4] 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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