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On This Day In History

2nd October 1901

The Royal navy launched it's first submarine - HMS Holland 1

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 389

@StuartArm-bi2cj

Holland 1 is on display at the National Submarine Museum in Gosport, across the harbour from Portsmouth. Worth a visit

3 weeks ago | 5

@LeslieDevoe

I live quite close to Charleston South Carolina. That is where the first successful sinking of a war ship by a submarine occurred.

3 weeks ago | 3

@BryanWilliams-j7r

The company that made the submarine went under 😂

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@johnkirke8356

Designed by an Irishman, John Philip Holland.

2 weeks ago | 0

@jamesbeeching6138

I believe on display in Portsmouth??

3 weeks ago | 2

@BrianMcCarthy-z9l

Built by a firm founded and run by the Fenian Brotherhood.

3 weeks ago | 0

@dancingdingo

Did it happen to be yellow? 😂😅

3 weeks ago | 0

@hikermrsblood1

Neat, did it have any armaments?

3 weeks ago (edited) | 1

@Desert-Father

The USS Holland was the first US Navy submarine. It was launched in 1900.

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