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#OTD in 1841 – Birth of inventor and developer of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland, in Co Clare.

24/02/2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

John Philip Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in […]

#OTD in 1899 – Creation of the Electric Boat Company by the father of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland.

07/02/2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in 1891 titled […]

#OTD in 1841 – Birth of inventor and developer of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland, in Co Clare.

24/02/2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

John Philip Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in […]

#OTD in 1899 – Creation of the Electric Boat Company by the father of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland.

07/02/2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in 1891 titled […]

#OTD in 1841 – Birth of inventor and developer of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland, in Co Clare.

24/02/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

John Philip Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in […]

#OTD in 1899 – Creation of the Electric Boat Company by the father of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland.

07/02/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in 1891 titled […]

#OTD in 1841 – Birth of inventor and developer of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland, in Co Clare.

24/02/2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

John Philip Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in […]

#OTD in 1899 – Creation of the Electric Boat Company by the father of the modern submarine, John Philip Holland.

07/02/2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in 1891 titled […]

#OTD in 1841 – John Philip Holland, father of the modern submarine, is born in Liscannor, Co Clare.

24/02/2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in 1891 titled […]

1841 – John Philip Holland, father of the modern submarine, is born in Liscannor, Co Clare.

24/02/2016.Reading time 1 minute.

Holland emigrated to the US in 1873. Holland’s first submarine submission was rejected by the Navy Secretary as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. The navy eventually relented and purchased it’s first submarine from Holland’s company in 1900 for $150,000. Holland also had a strong interest in aviation writing a paper in 1891 titled […]

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