Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-11-11
HOLLAND BOAT TEST
Tue Inventor Congratulated
by the Naval Board
STRANGE CRAFT yEETS ALL DEMANDS
As so EaEht Knot Gsfs, sub>~rrea 90
Depth Of Ten Feet. the Beat w.as
the Coarse and socc~.-feIiv
DiseharEeS q TorDeas-

NEW YORK. Nov. John p. Hob-
land. who FOR 3 years has given most of
his time 20 submarine boats. the cuirains-
ton q which IL the bat named after
himself. stood on the deck OF the yscht
Josephine at Grsenpoins yesterday after
noon With tsars streaming down BIS
cheeks while the members Of ne board
% inspection and survey q the Unitsd
States navy. headed by Rear Admiral
Frederick Rogers. stepp q 20 him and
shook bis hand and congratulated him
upon his success. 1aere was no express
sion % opinion By tie mruhers OF the
board. bat the actiou wa -igt. lcsnt.
The day for Vii Hui.and lad waited
q quarter OF ceu ~. lacking IL days.
for bis IDEA vas ,"aceived on Nov II,
1874. was one OF ,aecess in every way.
The climax occurr~l when the members
ot the board quietly congratulated the IN
ventor. a thing. Il h said. that never be-
fore occurred 20 any inventor submitting
inventions 20 naval ochcerA
There was a hig crowd on the dock az
GreenporS and also at the doek az New
/ Suffolk. Many ladies were present
Ihc requirements FOR the tests "a laid
down by the board were Have three
torpedoes IN place. have an arrangements
made for charging torpe,loes without de-
1 lay. BE- prepared % hTe torpe,ines az fun
1 speed when submerged we'll when
az full speed IN surface and have crew
/ exercised BY actual practice 40 az 20 BE-
able O. make required submerE~d runs
and steer straight course.
~ln order On make q trial submerged run
IL two miles u Is recommended that two
marking huoys be placed In the lower oe
Sandy Hook bay a mile apart aud that
boat 90 serve a. torpedo target b. an
! chored near one ~ these buoys. so that
the Holland after running a mile under
water can come up Go the surface for OBJ
servation. discharge her torpedo and
then. diving again. can return 10 arst
buoy This would complete her t,vo mile
under water run measure of her eiii-
cheney viii bs shown by the humber of
times IL IL necessary for her - come "a
the surface for observation"
! The owners % the Holland complied
with these specifications and suggested
sogne more elaborate tests. but the sugges
tians for additional trials were cot ac
{, cepted by ths osarsi. Tbs ouiy departur
u from the rcluirements Nen the srRusfe
81 the trials from Sandy Hook bay I
Peconic bay.
II The Holland ran out 60 the course. Rn
then Captain Lowe and Commander En-
ory descended into the little round tus
- ret on the top % the Holland The ca
was closed, and the Holland prepared .
make the hrst trip along the measure
mile.
When all was ready the Holland san
20 a depth Of ten feet while going az fn
spee6. which was attained almost inm'
alately This Ell the tips Of the la
poles on her deck exposed. But for thes
,,,T ia would have been impossihie % ha'
" traced the boat. as while Submerged Il
made NO disturbance upon the -urfac
- She travelled az the rate OF eight tno
an hour. making the distance frou SITS
I" 90 turning point In 9is inmates.
Arriving at ths cad Of the niis. al
shot % the surface. her turret coming I
to view. Ten seconds later she had aga
disappeared. Within the ten seconds a
corrected her course. having deviated O
y 20 fect from the true course and arr
a regulation Whitehead torpedo weighil
SO pounds. which went spinning Od 1
-" ward the target SD yards away.
7" Meanwhile. as the deadly missile viii
p ed true ON lis course the Holland swul
Ay about and started back She turned In
So radius OF Is feet. OF about one and oE
- half times her own length. She WAS 4
m IA ing back 70 the starting point before {
IN missile had run its course The retu
-" trip was made Ia about the same time
the outward run and WAS equally a ~
4 cesn.