HMS Holland 2
_and_submarine_No2.jpg) Holland 2 alongside HMS Hazard | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| 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: | 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 |
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.
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. She set the depth record for the British Holland-class, accidentally diving to 78 feet.[2]
In December 1902 she sustained some minor damage after a current took her off course and she accidentally surfaced directly underneath a brigantine.[3]
She was sold on 7 October 1913.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Submarines War Beneath the Waves From 1776 to the present day. HarperCollinsPublishers. pp. 25–27. ISBN 0-00-765333-6.
- ↑ 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.
- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson
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