A group of sailors standing around an access hatch atop a partially submerged vessel with sailing ships behind them
Holland 3 at Portsmouth in September 1902, with HMS Victory in the background
History
United Kingdom
NameHolland 3
BuilderVickers Maxim shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down4 February 1901
Launched9 May 1902
Commissioned1 August 1902
FateSank in trials in 1911
General characteristics
TypeSubmarine
Displacement105 long tons (107 t) submerged
Length63 ft 10 in (19.46 m)[1]
Beam11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)[1]
Propulsion
  • Petrol engine, 160 hp (119 kW)
  • Electric motor, 70 hp (52 kW)
Speed7 knots (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) submerged
Range20 nmi (37 km) at 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) submerged
Test depth100 ft (30 m)
Complement8 (Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant, Coxswain, Torpedo Instructor, Chief Engineering Artificer, Leading Stoker, Stoker, Leading Seaman and Able Seaman)
Armament

Holland 3 was a Royal Navy submarine launched on 9 May 1902. The submarine was designed by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness and was laid down on 4 February 1901. The submarine was commissioned on 1 August 1902. Holland 3 sank in trials in 1911 and was then sold on 7 October 1913.

Service history

In early August 1902 John Alfred Moreton was appointed to the submarine depot ship HMS Hazard, to take command of HM Submarine No.3.[2]

Along with Holland 5, she was one of the first two submarines to be accepted into Royal Navy service on 19 January 1903.[3] However, by the time she was launched she was already considered obsolete and thirteen A-class submarines had already been ordered.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Submarines War Beneath the Waves From 1776 to the present day. HarperCollinsPublishers. pp. 25–27. ISBN 0-00-765333-6.
  2. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36903. London. 20 October 1902. p. 8.
  3. "Holland 5 Submarine". Nautical Archaeology Society. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  4. McCartney, Innes (2008). Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel. Penzance: Periscope. pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-1-904381-04-4.


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