HMS Holland 1
Holland 1 (or HM submarine Torpedo Boat No 1) is the first submarine commissioned by the Royal Navy. The first in a five-boat batch of the Holland-class submarine, she was lost in 1913 while under tow to be scrapped following her decommissioning. Recovered in 1982, she was put on display at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport. Her battery bank found in the boat was discovered to be functional after being cleaned and recharged.
Holland 1 under way | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Holland 1 |
| Ordered | 1900 |
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| Laid down | 1900 |
| Launched | 1901 Yacht Shed No 1 |
| Commissioned | 1901 |
| Decommissioned | 5 November 1913 |
| Fate | Lost while under tow, subsequently raised |
| Status | On display at Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine |
| Displacement | 105 long tons (107 t) submerged |
| Length | 63 ft 10 in (19.46 m) |
| Beam | 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) |
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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 | 9 (Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant, Coxswain, Torpedo Instructor, Chief Engineering Artificer, Leading Stoker, Stoker, Leading Seaman and Able Seaman) |
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