HMS Holland 4

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HMS Holland 4 underway at Portsmouth, England.
History
Royal Navy Ensign
Name: Holland 4
Builder: Vickers Maxim shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down: 1902
Launched: 23 May 1902
Commissioned: 2 August 1903
Fate: Foundered 3 September 1912
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:

Holland-class submarine No 4 was launched on the 23 May 1902.[2] She was built by Vickers, at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom, and was laid down in 1902. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 August 1903. In 1905 the submarine was fitted with a conning tower.[3] She was the only member of the Holland-class to be given this modification.[3] She foundered on 3 September 1912. She was salvaged and used as a gunnery target on 17 October 1914.

References

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  2. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Saturday, 24 May 1902. (36776), p. 8.
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