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Holland 1 underway |
| Career |
 |
| 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: |
Display at Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport |
| Struck: |
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| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
?/105 tons (surface/submerged) |
| Length: |
63.44 feet |
| Beam: |
feet |
| Draught: |
feet |
| Propulsion & power: |
160 Horse Power gasoline engine 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): |
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| 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.
- 1901 Commissioned from John Philip Holland and built at Barrow-in-Furness.
- 1902, September, Arrives at Portsmouth with the other completed Holland boat and HMS Hazard (as their floating submarine base) - this makes 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".
- 1913 Lost under tow to scrapyard following decommissioning
[edit] Afterlife
- 1980 Raised
- 1983 to 1994 Coated in anti-corrosion chemicals and displayed in open air - this proves inadequate.
- 1994 to 1998 Fibreglass tank built round it and filled with chemicals as drastic anti-corrosion measure. This is successful.
- 2001 On its centenary, its new purpose-built cover-building is opened by Countess Mountbatten.
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