The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-25
HOLLANDS BOAT In R
n sUcoEsSFUI sUBMlRLNR TRIP IN
TnE UPPER BAY YEyTERDAK

Chief Engineer Lowe OF the NAVY and Lieu
tenant-commhnder KiInba11 OF the Tor
pedo Boat Squadron Accompanied the
Inventor During the Tests Under water.
The submarine torpedo boat Holland made q
very successful run under the waters OF the
upper bay yesterday afternoon. Since June 2
the boat has been UNDERGOING alterations.
which were shown 10 be necessary By her FIRST
trials. Tho breech block Of her aerial torpedo
gun was imperfect and q new one had TO be
cast This, with o humble Of other needed
changes. delayed the fnal trials.
The Holland has been lying at the dock Of the
United States Proieetile Company. at the foot
Of Fifty-ninth street. Brooklyn. She started
from this place at 3 O'Clock yesterday after
noon for o short run to test her steering capa-
billy on the vertical plane. John P. Holland.
the inventor. was In charge. With him, be-
sides his regular crew Of six men. were Chief
Engineer Lowe Of the navy and Lieutenant
Commander Kimball. who IL in charge Of the
torpedo boat squadron. Mr.. Kimball had just
returned from service In Cuban waters. He
has, long been interested in Mr.. Hollands ex-
board as a representative Of the government,
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coming tower and headed for the deep wnter
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e sHn SnS sRS e 81 Bay 81 yRs fass. T &Ie holland SH5s T%saSsssdisedd
her toward the Narrows and admitted water
Jwashed over the whsleback top as far forward
as the turret Then the bow. tank was opened
until the boat lay q an even keel with nothing
enabled TO measure the depth at which the
DG she 1' e sa1 { thus at a sl1-Enot gait for a
few minutes, then suddenly and easily glided
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was at q depth Of ten feet The boo. settled
and then gllded up to the surface on a long
even the hagpoies we're submerged. When
she came up again Mr.. Holland scanned the
ssSia for a q d few sS fs|DSS t. SSt his p ssd 3 iS and
closer inshoro and went under. Three times
along fwice az Intervals Of about four min.
utes she came up that the inventor might take
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sent Athletic Club. and had gone nearly three
miles. She game 70 the surface; swung
ntes she wa, out Of sight. When she came up
tt was at q point 800 yards to the eastward She
This ended the test for the day. MI. Holland
ana hlmDall went on
board the tug and returned to the city. while
the boat ran back to the anchorage ut Bay
Ridge. During her run of two miles, made In
eighteen minutes, she had been practically
under water the whole time.
Lieutenant-Commander KimbalI expressed
as highly pleased with the boats
work.
It was my first trip" he. said. 'and I did
not find her at all uncomfortable. 1t was
pretty hot inside while the boat was lying at
the. dock. but once the decks were covered
with water tho temperature became very
bearable. I wanted. particularly TO test the
boat on a vertical plane, and that is the rea.
son we took her along with O succession Of
short dives. as a porRoise travels, The boat
ders perfectly in both the vertical and the hori-
time. Just before We dived the first time
enough water was admitted to the tanks TO
put the boat awash. After that all the diving
was done by means Of the horizontal rud-
more than ten feet. In. the last dive we went
down to a depth of eighteen feet and then
the propeller. The boat rose to the
surface very slowly and on an almost even
keel"
The new breech will have been placed in the
aerial torpedo gun by the end Of the week, and
Il Is expected that next week the Holland will
have a. test at the work for which she was de-
signed-submarine attack with dynamite pro-