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HMS Holland 1
Holland 1 (or HM submarine Torpedo Boat No 1) is the first submarine owned by the Royal Navy.
The first in a five-boat batch of the Holland-class submarine, launched in 1901, she was lost twelve years later in 1913 while under tow to be scrapped following her decommissioning. Recovered in 1982, she was put on display at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport. The battery bank found in the boat was discovered to be functional after being cleaned and recharged.
The first three officers of the Royal Navy to enter the embryonic Submarine Service were appointed on the 20th August 1901. Lieutenant Stephen Bowle-Evans (Navigator), Lieutenant Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster (Torpedo) and Captain Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon (Inspecting Officer). They were shortly thereafter joined by Lieutenant John Alfred Moreton in early October 1901. Each of these officers served, in varying roles, on the crew of HMS Holland 1, making them the Royal Navy's first Submarine Service officers.
HMS Holland 1 remained under the informal command of Captain Frank Cable, an American civilian attached to her to train the Royal Navy crews for the initial duration of her trials and experiments. She was not appointed a formal Royal Navy Commander until after January 17th 1903, though the exact date remains unclear.
She was ordered in 1901 from John Philip Holland and built at Barrow-in-Furness. Her keel was laid down 4 February 1901. In order to keep the boat's construction secret, she was assembled in a building labelled "Yacht Shed", and the parts that had to be fabricated in the general yard were marked for "pontoon no 1". She was launched on 2 October 1901 and dived for the first time (in an enclosed basin) on 20 March 1902. Her sea trials began in April 1902.
At the end of august 1902, submarine boats Holland 1, Holland 2 and Holland 3 were taken into formal control of the Admiralty. At this stage, Holland 1 was not appointed a Commanding Officer as she was taken away to be used in anti-submarine tactic trials, where she was used as target practice.
It had previously been thought that Holland 1 had suffered an explosion on 3 March 1903 that caused four injuries, however this is now understood to have been Holland 2. A petrol gas explosion seriously wounded four crew members, and the Commanding Officer of the craft, Lieutentant Bowle-Evans, contemporaneously is described as having entered the craft and dragging out the injured men, in turn being injured himself. He was later commended for this action.
Despite being the first submarine craft owned by the Royal Navy, and being subject to many trials, she did not formally commission into Royal Navy service until early 1903 due to extended issues. Iterative design improvements had taken place across the Holland submarines, as such, they were able to enter service before Holland 1. The first to enter service were Holland 2 and Holland 3.
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HMS Holland 1
Holland 1 (or HM submarine Torpedo Boat No 1) is the first submarine owned by the Royal Navy.
The first in a five-boat batch of the Holland-class submarine, launched in 1901, she was lost twelve years later in 1913 while under tow to be scrapped following her decommissioning. Recovered in 1982, she was put on display at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport. The battery bank found in the boat was discovered to be functional after being cleaned and recharged.
The first three officers of the Royal Navy to enter the embryonic Submarine Service were appointed on the 20th August 1901. Lieutenant Stephen Bowle-Evans (Navigator), Lieutenant Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster (Torpedo) and Captain Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon (Inspecting Officer). They were shortly thereafter joined by Lieutenant John Alfred Moreton in early October 1901. Each of these officers served, in varying roles, on the crew of HMS Holland 1, making them the Royal Navy's first Submarine Service officers.
HMS Holland 1 remained under the informal command of Captain Frank Cable, an American civilian attached to her to train the Royal Navy crews for the initial duration of her trials and experiments. She was not appointed a formal Royal Navy Commander until after January 17th 1903, though the exact date remains unclear.
She was ordered in 1901 from John Philip Holland and built at Barrow-in-Furness. Her keel was laid down 4 February 1901. In order to keep the boat's construction secret, she was assembled in a building labelled "Yacht Shed", and the parts that had to be fabricated in the general yard were marked for "pontoon no 1". She was launched on 2 October 1901 and dived for the first time (in an enclosed basin) on 20 March 1902. Her sea trials began in April 1902.
At the end of august 1902, submarine boats Holland 1, Holland 2 and Holland 3 were taken into formal control of the Admiralty. At this stage, Holland 1 was not appointed a Commanding Officer as she was taken away to be used in anti-submarine tactic trials, where she was used as target practice.
It had previously been thought that Holland 1 had suffered an explosion on 3 March 1903 that caused four injuries, however this is now understood to have been Holland 2. A petrol gas explosion seriously wounded four crew members, and the Commanding Officer of the craft, Lieutentant Bowle-Evans, contemporaneously is described as having entered the craft and dragging out the injured men, in turn being injured himself. He was later commended for this action.
Despite being the first submarine craft owned by the Royal Navy, and being subject to many trials, she did not formally commission into Royal Navy service until early 1903 due to extended issues. Iterative design improvements had taken place across the Holland submarines, as such, they were able to enter service before Holland 1. The first to enter service were Holland 2 and Holland 3.
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