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Holland-class Submarine (other)
Holland-class submarine The Holland class were the first submarines built for the Royal Navy. They were built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. The first three were designed by John Philip Holland. The Hollands were built under licence from the Holland Torpedo Boat Com ...s were the first submarines built for the Royal Navy. Holland-class submarine may also refer to: * Holland 602 type submarine, or H-class submarine, a submarine type in use in World War I ** American Holland-class submarine, of the Russian Navy * "Holland"-type submarine, the S-1 group of United States S-class submarines, after World War I {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland-class Submarine
The Holland class were the first submarines built for the Royal Navy. They were built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. The first three were designed by John Philip Holland. The Hollands were built under licence from the Holland Torpedo Boat Company/Electric Boat Company during the years 1901 to 1903. The Admiralty of the Royal Navy hoped to keep the Holland class a secret, and very few senior officers even knew of their existence. This led to the myth of the Admiralty not taking any interest in submarines. On the contrary, the Admiralty was well aware of the submarine's destructive potential. It therefore refrained from any submarine development program so as to avoid provoking similar programs on the part of foreign navies. Once those navies did begin serious submarine programs, the Admiralty had no choice but to begin its own. Adoption of the submarine Captain Henry Jackson, British naval attaché in Paris, had been instructed to report on submarine developments which had bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland 602 Type Submarine
The Holland 602 type submarine, also known as the H-class submarine, was one of the most numerous submarines of World War I. The type was designed by the Electric Boat Co. of the United States, but most of the boats were built abroad: in Canada by the subsidiary of the British Vickers company and in British shipyards. Operators included the United States Navy, the Chilean Navy, the Royal Navy (33 submarines), the Imperial Russian Navy, the Soviet Navy, the Italian Regia Marina, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Dutch Navy and the navy of the short-lived Ukrainian State. Background and history The predecessor for this class were two submarines ordered in 1911 for the Chilean Navy, to the John Philip Holland ''design 19-E'' and ''design 19-B''. These eventually became the s of the Royal Canadian Navy. Origin of project's number is in Electric Boat company rule, according to which, project variant for export purposes was named with replaced digits and with adding 0 between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Holland-class Submarine
The American Holland-class submarines, also AG class or A class, were Holland 602 type submarines used by the Imperial Russian and Soviet Navies in the early 20th century. The small submarines participated in the World War I Baltic Sea and Black Sea theatres and a handful of them also saw action during World War II. Development The AG type was designed by John Philip Holland at Electric Boat Company. The design was known as Holland 602GF/602L,Тип "АГ" (Американский Голланд) ' '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
