HMS Holland 2 was the second Royal Navy submarine to be built, and the first to be given a non-secret launch, in February 1902.
_and_submarine_No2.jpg) Holland 2 alongside HMS Hazard
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Holland 2 |
| Builder | Vickers Maxim shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down | 4 February 1901 |
| Commissioned | 1 August 1902 |
| Fate | Sold on 7 October 1913 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine |
| Displacement | 105 long tons (107 t) submerged |
| Length | 63 ft 10 in (19.46 m)[1] |
| Beam | 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)[1] |
| Propulsion |
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| 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) |
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She was the second of the Holland-class submarines. Holland No. 2 was laid down on 4 February 1901 and commissioned on 1 August 1902.[2] She set the depth record for the British Holland-class, accidentally diving to 78 feet.[3]
In December 1902 she sustained some minor damage after a current took her off course and she accidentally surfaced directly underneath a brigantine.[4]
She was sold on 7 October 1913.
Citations
edit- ^ 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. 36903. London. 20 October 1902. p. 8.
- ^ Compton-Hall, Richard (1983). Submarine boats The beginnings of underwater warfare. London: Conway maritime press. p. 113. ISBN 0-85177-288-9.
- ^ Gray, Edwyn (2003). Disasters of the Deep A Comprehensive Survey of Submarine Accidents & Disasters. Leo Cooper. pp. 72–73. ISBN 0-85052-987-5.
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