Fenian Ram

Coordinates: 40°54′49″N 74°10′45″W / 40.91371°N 74.17923°W / 40.91371; -74.17923
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Fenian Ram at the New York State Marine School some time between 1916 and 1927.
Fenian Ram at the Clason Point Military Academy, Bronx, NY, some time between 1916 and 1927
History
United States
NameHolland Boat No. II
OwnerFenian Brotherhood
BuilderDeLamater Iron Works, New York City for John Philip Holland
Launched1881
Nickname(s)Fenian Ram
StatusMuseum ship
General characteristics
TypeSubmarine
Displacement19 long tons (19 t)
Length9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Beam1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion1 × 15 hp (11 kW)
piston engine
, single screw
Test depth18 m (59 ft)
Complement3 (operator, engineer, gunner)
Armament1 × 9 in (230 mm) pneumatic gun

Fenian Ram is a

New York Sun newspaper to name the vessel the Fenian Ram.[1]

Design

Fenian Ram's design was partly modelled on the Whitehead torpedo, and it had similar cruciform control fins near the tail. The boat did not simply take on ballast until she sank like other contemporary submarines; she maintained a slightly positive buoyancy, and tilted her horizontal planes so that her forward motion forced her under.

Fenian Ram was armed with a 9-inch (229 mm)

piston engine.[2]

Ship history

The submarine on display at the Paterson Museum, New Jersey (2016)

During extensive trials, Holland made numerous dives and test-fired the gun using dummy projectiles. However, due to funding disputes within the IRB and disagreement over payments from the IRB to Holland, the IRB stole Fenian Ram and the

Mill River
.

In 1916, Fenian Ram was exhibited in Madison Square Garden to raise funds for victims of the Easter Rising. Afterwards, she was moved to Clason Point Military Academy, Bronx, NY. In 1927, the Academy relocated to Long Island and the hull was sold for scrap. Prior to demolition, Irish-American activist Harry Cunningham intervened and purchased the Fenian Ram from the junkyard in order to preserve it as a symbol of Irish-American ingenuity.[4] In September, 1927, Cunningham sold the submarine to Edward Browne of Paterson, NJ, who offered the vessel to the City of Paterson as a memorial to Holland's work.[5] Today, she can still be seen at the Paterson Museum.

Holland started the Holland Torpedo Boat Company in 1896 after the US Navy showed interest in the design.[6][7][8]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ "John Holland Father of the Modern Submarine". navy.mil. 2006. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. ^ Maloney, William (2012). "Holland Submarine Exhibit, Fenian Ram and Submarine No. 1, Paterson Museum N.J." williammaloney.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  3. ISBN 1-55750-615-9
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  4. ^ “Devoy Tells Story of First Submarine: Holland Warship Purchased for Clan-na-Gael, The Original Owners, by Harry Cunningham”, The Gaelic American, New York, 09 July 1927., page 1.
  5. ^ “Special Meeting of Park Board on the Fenian Ram: Browne Makes Formal Application for a Location in Westside Park”, The Paterson News, 16 September 1927.
  6. ^ Warnes, Kathy. "Bakers Boat" (PDF). Historical Society of Michigan. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  7. ^ Buell, Erica (14 December 2017). "The Great Submarine Contest-pt 1". Submarine Force Library and Museum Blog. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  8. ^ Profile Archived 6 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, United States Navy. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Paul (March 2018). "The Fenian Ram". Warship International. LV (January 2018): 31–34.
    ISSN 0043-0374
    .

External links

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