HMS Holland 5
Coordinates: 50°43′44″N 0°14′53″E / 50.729°N 0.248°E
| File:Holland 3 1902 IWM Q 041181.jpg A submarine of the Holland-class | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Holland 5 |
| Ordered: | 1900 |
| Builder: | Holland Torpedo Boat Company |
| Launched: | May 1902 |
| Commissioned: | 1902 |
| Fate: | Foundered off Beachy Head, 8 August 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Submarine |
| Displacement: | 105 long tons (107 t) (submerged) |
| Length: | 63 ft 5 in (19.33 m) |
| Installed power: |
160 hp (120 kW) (petrol engine) 70 hp (52 kW) (electric motor) |
| Propulsion: |
1 × petrol engine 1 × electric motor 1 × screw |
| Speed: | 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 20 nmi (23 mi; 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 in (460 mm) torpedo tube (Up to 3 torpedoes) |
Holland 5 was the last of the five Holland class submarines ordered by the British Admiralty to evaluate the potential of the submarine with the Royal Navy[1] [2]. It is thought that she had one of the first periscopes ever designed.[3]
Service history
Commissioned in 1902, the submarine foundered off Beachy Head, Sussex on 8 August 1912.
Wreck discovery and research
In 2000, the wreck of submarine Holland 5 was discovered at a depth of 98 ft (30 m). In April 2001, the Archaeological Diving Unit conducted a sonar scan and confirmed the identity of the wreck. On 4 January 2005, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced that the wreck was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act[4]. In August 2005 and August 2006, amateur archaeologists have the opportunity to dive the wreck as part of a research programme led by official licensee Innes McCartney and nominated archaeologist Mark Beattie-Edwards[5], under the auspices of the Nautical Archaeology Society.
See also
- Royal Naval Submarine Service
- Holland 1
- Archaeology of shipwrecks
- List of designations under the Protection of Wrecks Act
- Maritime archaeology
- Underwater archaeology
- Nautical Archaeology Society
References
External links
- BBC news report of the protectection of the wreck
- A report on diving the wreck from the 2006 Heinke trophy winning submission of Totnes SAC
- MaritimeQuest HMS Holland 5 Pages
- A photo of the wreck
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