HMS Holland 3 explained

Holland 3 was a Royal Navy submarine launched on 9 May 1902. The submarine was designed by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness and was laid down on 4 February 1901. The submarine was commissioned on 1 August 1902. Holland 3 sank in trials in 1911 and was then sold on 7 October 1913.

Service history

In early August 1902 John Alfred Moreton was appointed to the submarine depot ship HMS Hazard, to take command of HM Submarine No.3.[1]

Along with, she was one of the first two submarines to be accepted into Royal Navy service on 19 January 1903.[2] However, by the time she was launched she was already considered obsolete and thirteen A-class submarines had already been ordered.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Naval & Military intelligence . 20 October 1902 . 8 . 36903.
  2. Web site: Holland 5 Submarine. Nautical Archaeology Society. 20 January 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120302225933/http://www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org/projects/holland5.php. 2 March 2012. dmy-all.
  3. Book: McCartney, Innes. Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel. 2008. Periscope. Penzance. 978-1-904381-04-4. 135–136.