HMS Holland 3

Holland 3 was a Royal Navy submarine launched on 9 May 1902. The submarine was designed by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness and was laid down on 4 February 1901. The submarine was commissioned on 1 August 1902. Holland 3 sank in trials in 1911 and was then sold on 7 October 1913.

Holland 3 at Portsmouth in September 1902, with HMS Victory in the background
History
United Kingdom
Name: Holland 3
Builder: Vickers Maxim shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down: 4 February 1901
Launched: 9 May 1902
Commissioned: 1 August 1902
Fate: Sank in trials in 1911
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:
  • 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

Service history

In early August 1902 John Alfred Moreton was appointed to the submarine depot ship HMS Hazard, to take command of HM Submarine No.3.[2]

Along with Holland 5, she was one of the first two submarines to be accepted into Royal Navy service on 19 January 1903.[3] However, by the time she was launched she was already considered obsolete and thirteen A-class submarines had already been ordered.[4]

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References
  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 (36903). London. 20 October 1902. p. 8.
  3. "Holland 5 Submarine". Nautical Archaeology Society. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  4. McCartney, Innes (2008). Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel. Penzance: Periscope. pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-1-904381-04-4.


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