HMS Holland 2

HMS Holland 2 was the second Royal Navy submarine to be built, and the first to be given a non-secret launch, in February 1902.

Holland 2 alongside HMS Hazard
History
United Kingdom
Name	Holland 2
Builder	Vickers Maxim shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	4 February 1901
Commissioned	1 August 1902
Fate	Sold on 7 October 1913
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	105 long tons (107 t) submerged
Length	63 ft 10 in (19.46 m)[1]
Beam	11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)[1]
Propulsion	Petrol engine, 160 hp (119 kW) Electric motor, 70 hp (52 kW)
Speed	7 knots (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) submerged
Range	20 nmi (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-inch (450-mm) torpedo tube up to 3 torpedoes

She was the second of the Holland-class submarines. Holland No. 2 was laid down on 4 February 1901 and commissioned on 1 August 1902.^[2] She set the depth record for the British Holland-class, accidentally diving to 78 feet.^[3]

In December 1902 she sustained some minor damage after a current took her off course and she accidentally surfaced directly underneath a brigantine.^[4]

She was sold on 7 October 1913.