HMS Holland 3

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.

Holland 3 at Portsmouth in September 1902, with HMS Victory in the background
History
United Kingdom
Name	Holland 3
Builder	Vickers Maxim shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	4 February 1901
Launched	9 May 1902
Commissioned	1 August 1902
Fate	Sank in trials in 1911
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

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.^[2]

Along with Holland 5, she was one of the first two submarines to be accepted into Royal Navy service on 19 January 1903.^[3] However, by the time she was launched she was already considered obsolete and thirteen A-class submarines had already been ordered.^[4]