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 . It is thought that she had one of the first periscopes ever designed.

Life

• 1902 Commissioned
• 1912 Foundered off Beachy Head, Sussex

Wreck discovery and research

• 2000 Wreck of submarine discovered at a depth of 30m
• April 2001 The Archaeological Diving Unit conducted sonar scan and confirmed identity as Holland V
• 4 January 2005 The Department of Culture Media and Sport announced that the wreck was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act.
• 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, under the auspices of the Nautical Archaeology Society.

References

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

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