HMS Holland 5

Coordinates: 50°43′44″N 0°14′53″E / 50.729°N 0.248°E / 50.729; 0.248
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50°43′44″N 0°14′53″E / 50.729°N 0.248°E / 50.729; 0.248

A submarine of the Holland class
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHolland 5
Ordered1900
Builder
Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow
Launched10 June 1902
Commissioned1902
FateFoundered off Beachy Head, 8 August 1912
General characteristics
TypeSubmarine
Displacement105 long tons (107 t) (submerged)
Length63 ft 5 in (19.33 m)
Beam11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Draught11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Installed power
  • 160 hp (120 kW) (petrol engine)
  • 70 hp (52 kW) (electric motor)
Propulsion
Speed7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) submerged
Range20 nmi (23 mi; 37 km) at 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) submerged
Test depth100 ft (30 m)
Complement8
Armament1 ×
18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tube (Up to 3 torpedoes
)

Holland 5 was the last of the five

A-class submarines
had already been ordered to replace this class in navy service.

She had a single-hull design, built from

Protection of Wrecks Act in 2005. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England
.

Damage has been caused to the site in recent years, and at some point between September 2008 and June 2010, the torpedo hatch was stolen off the wreck.

Design and description

Holland 5 was the fifth of the experimental

John Phillip Holland.[2][4] She was launched one month ahead of Holland 6 (which was later designated A1).[5] The British Holland class was an extension of the design used on USS Holland.[2]

She was equipped with one of the first

pressure hull contained her fuel tanks, ballast and other internal workings.[6] However, she was limited to a maximum depth of 100 feet (30 m).[2]

Service history

Along with

A-class submarines had already been ordered.[7]

On 4 March 1903, she was part of the flotilla of Holland-class submarines that were undergoing a demonstration for Captain

Thames, the Holland class were no longer considered "seaworthy" by the media.[9] In 1910, Holland 5 ran aground off Fort Blockhouse, the location of HMS Dolphin and the home of the Royal Navy Submarine Service.[7]

By 1912, the decision was made to scrap the Holland-class vessels.[7] The submarine foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, on 8 August 1912, when she was under tow on the way to being scrapped at Sheerness.[5] It was not clear why she sank, but a theory is that the torpedo tube hatch was left open, causing the boat to take on water.[10]

Wreck discovery and research

In September 2000,[5] the wreck of submarine Holland 5 was discovered at a depth of 98 ft (30 m) about 6 miles (9.7 km) off the British coast near Eastbourne.[11] In April 2001, the Archaeological Diving Unit conducted a sonar scan and confirmed the identity of the wreck. The boat sits upright on the seabed.[5]

On 4 January 2005,

Protection of Wrecks Act.[12] This makes trophy hunting and vandalism of the site a criminal offence.[13]

In 2010, it was discovered that at some point divers had stolen the torpedo tube hatch off the wreck. It was determined that the item would have no monetary value and would have gone into a private collection.[14] There were no official dives on the wreck during 2009 due to the conditions, and the last sighting of the hatch in place was in September 2008.[6] Further damage has been caused to the site by fishing nets, which may have resulted in damage to the periscope and the other implements installed on the upper superstructure.[6]

Holland 5 remains the only submarine of her class on the seabed.

European Conger.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36791. London. 11 June 1902. p. 13.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Holland Class". Barrow Submariners Association. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  3. ^ "The Progress of the Submarine During 1903". The Times. No. 37360. 5 April 1904. p. 8.
  4. ISBN 978-1-904381-05-1
    .
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Holland No.5". English Heritage. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d "Holland 5 Submarine". Nautical Archaeology Society. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-1-904381-04-4
    .
  8. ^ "Explosion on Board a Submarine". The Times. No. 37020. 5 March 1903. p. 9.
  9. ^ "The Fleet in the Thames". The Times. No. 39014. 17 July 1909. p. 8.
  10. ^ Pugh, Tom (1 September 2010). "Thieves target historic submarine wreck". The Independent. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  11. ^ Mattock, Jo (7 October 2010). "Hatch Stolen from Submarine Wreck". DIVE. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  12. ^ "Heritage Minister Andrew McIntosh Acts To Protect Wreck Site Of Prototype Submarine". 4 January 2005. Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Submarine wreck to be protected". BBC News. 4 January 2005. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  14. ^ "Divers steal from Holland 5 submarine off Sussex coast". BBC News. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  15. ^ Dooley, David. "Species seen on the Holland 5 submarine site". Nautical Archaeology Society. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  16. ^ "Time Team Specials – The Lost Submarine of WWI – Channel 4". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 December 2015.

External links

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