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- John Philip Holland (Irish: Seán Pilib Ó hUallacháin/Ó Maolchalann[citation needed]; February 24, 1841 – August 12, 1914) was an Irish-American marine engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1.
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John Philip Holland (Irish: Seán Pilib Ó hUallacháin/Ó Maolchalann [citation needed]) ( February 24, 1841 [1] – August 12, 1914 [2]) was an Irish-American engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1.
Aug 8, 2024 · John Philip Holland (born February 24?, 1841, Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland—died August 12, 1914, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.) was an Irish-born inventor who was the father of the modern submarine. He designed and built the first underwater vessel accepted by the U.S. Navy.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
John Philip Holland (1840-1914) was an Irish-American inventor who succeeded in developing the submarine sufficiently to win it a place in the navies of the world. John P. Holland was born in County Clare, Ireland, where, after going to school in his native town and in Limerick, he became a schoolteacher.
Aug 19, 2017 · John Philip Holland is the father of the modern submarine. His contribution to military history changed the course of naval warfare forever. The great-grandchildren of his brainchildren...
- An Irishman Develops New Theories
- Irish Support in America
- A Fenian Rift Sinks A Prototype
- Submarine Designs Sold to International Navies
- A Misused Invention?
- Remembering A Great Irish Inventor
John Philip Holland (Philip was the religious name given him) joined the Order of the Irish Christian Brothers in 1858 and became a teacher. He was sent to the North Monastery in Cork for his first assignment and there he met Brother Dominic Burke, a noted scienceteacher, who encouraged Holland’s scientific experiments. In these formative years, he...
In 1872, Holland’s mother and his brother Alfred immigrated to the United States, and in that same year, he decided not to take his final perpetual vows. Instead, in 1873, he departed for Bostoncarrying with him submarine designs, which formed the basis of his initial submission in 1875 to the US Naval Department. Soon after, he began courting his ...
While Holland was engaged in a third prototype project, an internal rift developed amongst the Fenians, some of whom were growing impatient about the slow progress on the diving boat. One group decided to take the ‘Ram’ into their own hands. One source suggested that this was primarily to avoid legal sequestration while their monies were in dispute...
Holland went on to eventually sell the designs of his Holland VI model, which used a gasoline engine on the surface and electric motors underwater as propelling machinery, to the US and Japanese navies. He also, ironically, sold the design to the very power he had originally intended to employ the submarine against, the Royal Navy. Due to the decep...
Following Holland's death in 1914, The New York Times reported that “although he was interested in submarines, Mr. Holland was opposed to war, and his idea of submarines was to incapacitate warships and not to destroy them and kill the men on them." This was, after all, a man, who in his 1907 Sketches and Calculations, planned a 40-passenger submar...
Although the Holland VI was formally commissioned into the United States Navy on October 12, 1900, the date it was officially bought, April 11, 1900, is celebrated by the US Navy as the submarine's birthday. Another day when Holland is now perpetually commemorated is May 1, which was declared as John Philip Holland Day in Paterson, New Jersey in 20...
Holland was an ardent Irish patriot and his submarine plans were made largely with the purpose of reducing England’s sea power. His [p.151] first attempt to build the boat he planned was made at Patterson, N. J., where he went to teach in St. John’s Parochial School.
Aug 14, 2014 · As we mark the centenary of the start of the first World War, it seems timely to remember John Philip Holland, an Irish inventor whose idea for an electric underwater boat transformed the war...
