HMS Holland 4

	HMS Holland 4 underway at Portsmouth, England.
History
United Kingdom
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	Foundered 3 September 1912; Salvaged; Sunk as target 17 October 1914;
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)
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	1 × 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tube; up to 3 torpedoes;

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.

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

References

^ ^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.

External links

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[robert25-1] 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.

[tall-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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v t e Holland-class submarines
Holland 1 Holland 2 Holland 3 Holland 4 Holland 5 Holland 6 / A1
Preceded by: None Followed by: A class
List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1912
Shipwrecks	21 Jan: Bayardo 2 Feb: HMS A3 29 Feb: H. K. Bedford Feb (unknown date): Augsburg 12 Mar: Oceana 20 Mar: Koombana 2 Apr: USS Santee 15 Apr: RMS Titanic (sinking) 20 Apr: Sultaniye 12 May: HMS A3 May (unknown date): USLHT Armeria, USS Pensacola 8 Jun: Vendémiaire 26 Jun: Naniwa 8 Aug: HMS Holland 5 17 Aug: Leafield 1 Sep: HMS Waterwitch 3 Sep: HMS Holland 4 28 Sep: Kiche Maru 4 Oct: HMS B2 16 Oct: Ralph Creyke, Nicaragua 22 Oct: SS Keystorm 31 Oct: Feth-i Bülend Oct: Admiral Lazarev 23 Nov: Rouse Simmons 28 Nov: Friendship Unknown date: City of Adelaide, USS Ericsson, Fox
Other incidents	7 Jan: HMS Orion, HMS Revenge 18 Jan: Sarah Dixon 21 Jan: Fürst Bismarck 2 Feb: HMS Hazard 12 Feb: Grängesberg 12 Mar: Pisagua 14-15 Apr: Californian 17 Apr: Nembo, Turbine 2 Jun: Friendship, Derwent 8 Jun: Saint Louis 7 Jul: Bunker Hill, Massachusetts 16 Aug: Camano, Sioux 4 Oct: Amerika 12 Oct: Arabia 14 Nov: City of Sydney December (unknown date): Lady Elizabeth, Pelayo
1911 1913

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1914
Shipwrecks	6 Oct: SMS S116 10 Oct: Alma A. E. Holmes 11 Oct: Pallada 15 Oct: HMS Hawke 17 Oct: HMS Holland 4, Takachiho, SMS S115, SMS S119 18 Oct: HMS E3 20 Oct: Glitra 22 Oct: SMS Temes 27 Oct: HMS Audacious 28 Oct: Mousquet, Zhemchug 29 Oct: SMS Tiger 30 Oct: HMHS Rohilla 31 Oct: HMS Hermes
Other incidents	10 Oct: Akula, Wasgenwald 17 Oct: Noordam. Ophelia
1913 1914 1915 September 1914 November 1914

History
HMS Holland 4 underway at Portsmouth, England.
United Kingdom
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	Foundered 3 September 1912 Salvaged Sunk as target 17 October 1914
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	1 × 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tube up to 3 torpedoes

HMS Holland 4

Service history

References

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