Holland-class submarine No 4 was built by Vickers, at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom. She was laid down in 1902 and launched on 23 May 1902.[2] After successfully completing deep sea trials in the Irish Sea in August 1902,[3] she was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 August 1903.
 HMS Holland 4 underway at Portsmouth, England.
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| History | |
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| Name | Holland 4 |
| Builder | Vickers Maxim shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down | 1902 |
| Launched | 23 May 1902 |
| Commissioned | 2 August 1903 |
| Stricken | 1912 |
| Fate |
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| 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] |
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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 | 8 (Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant, Coxswain, Torpedo Instructor, Chief Engineering Artificer, Leading Stoker, Stoker, Leading Seaman and Able Seaman) |
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In 1905 the submarine was fitted with a conning tower,[4] becoming the only member of the Holland-class to be receive this modification.[4] She was stricken from service in 1912[5] and foundered on 3 September 1912. She was later salvaged and used as a gunnery target on 17 October 1914.
Service history
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References
edit- ^ a b Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Submarines War Beneath the Waves From 1776 to the present day. HarperCollinsPublishers. pp. 25–27. ISBN 0-00-765333-6.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36776. London. 24 May 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36848. London. 16 August 1902. p. 4.
- ^ a b Tall, J.J; Paul Kemp (1996). HM Submarines in Camera An Illustrated History of British Submarines. Sutton Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 0-7509-0875-0.
- ^ Gray, Randal, ed., Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, ISBN 0-87021-907-3, p. 86.
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