HMS Holland 4

Holland-class submarine No 4 was built by Vickers, at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom, and was laid down in 1902. She was launched on 23 May 1902,[2] and successfully concluded deep sea trials in the Irish Sea in August 1902.[3] She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 August 1903. In 1905 the submarine was fitted with a conning tower.[4] She was the only member of the Holland-class to be given this modification.[4] She was stricken in 1912.[5] She foundered on 3 September 1912. She was salvaged and used as a gunnery target on 17 October 1914.

HMS Holland 4 underway at Portsmouth, England.
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHolland 4
BuilderVickers Maxim shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down1902
Launched23 May 1902
Commissioned2 August 1903
Stricken1912
Fate
  • Foundered 3 September 1912
  • Salvaged
  • Sunk as target 17 October 1914
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

Service history

References
  1. 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. 36776. London. 24 May 1902. p. 8.
  3. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36848. London. 16 August 1902. p. 4.
  4. 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.
  5. 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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