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HMS Holland 1

Gosport, Italy

HMS Holland 1

Holland 1 (or HM submarine Torpedo Boat No 1) is the first submarine commissioned by the Royal Navy. The first in a five-boat batch of the Holland-class submarine, launched in 1901, she was lost twelve years later in 1913 while under tow to be scrapped following her decommissioning. Recovered in 198

2, she was put on display at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport. The battery bank found in the boat was discovered to be functional after being cleaned and recharged.

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