Holland 602 type submarine

USS H-3 served as the prototype for the class
Class overview
BuildersVickers Canada
Operators
In service1915
In commission- 1950
General characteristics
TypeSubmarine
Displacement
  • 390 tons surfaced
  • 520 tons submerged
Length46 m (150.9 ft)
Beam4.9 m (16.1 ft)
Draught3.8 m (12.5 ft)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × propeller shafts
Speed
  • 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) surfaced
  • 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) submerged
Complement32
Sensors and
processing systems
Fessenden transducer
Armament
  • 4 × bow torpedo tubes
  • 8 torpedoes
  • 1 × 45 mm semi-automatic gun (200 rounds) or
  • 1 × 47 mm gun
  • 1 × machine gun
The torpedo room of USS H-5 in 1919. The breeches of the four 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes are at center

The Holland 602 type submarine, also known as the H-class submarine, was one of the most numerous submarines of World War I. The type was designed by the Electric Boat Co. of the United States, but most of the boats were built abroad: in Canada by the subsidiary of the British Vickers company and in British shipyards.

Operators included the United States Navy, the Chilean Navy, the Royal Navy (33 submarines), the Imperial Russian Navy, the Soviet Navy, the Italian Regia Marina, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Dutch Navy and the navy of the short-lived Ukrainian State.