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Fenian Ram is a submarine designed by John Philip Holland for use by the Fenian Brotherhood, the American counterpart to the Irish Republican Brotherhood, against the British. The Fenian Ram was the world's first practical submarine. It was powered by a double acting Brayton Ready Motor which used kerosene fuel. It was able to dive & submerge ...
Photo of the Fenian Ram, the Holland III was a scaled-down version of the Fenian Ram. The Holland III was an early prototype submarine made by John Holland. [2] The 16-foot 1-ton model was a scaled-down version of the Fenian Ram intended for experiments to help him improve navigation.
Photos of John Holland's Submarine #1 and the Fenian Ram at the Paterson Museum Archived 7 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, williammaloney.com. Retrieved 20 September 2015. Gary McCue, John Philip Holland (1841–1914) And His Submarines , geocities.com
The press nicknamed Holland 's next submarine the Fenian Ram, which was John Holland's Holland Boat No. II. The Fenian Ram - built at Delamater Iron Works in New York City - was launched in 1881 with a 9-inch (229 mm) pneumatic gun that fired forward out of her bow. Fenian Ram had sea trial in the Long Island Sound.
The so-called Fenian Ram, bulbous like a blimp and powered by a Paterson-built internal combustion engine, was funded and eventually stolen by Irish nationalists.
Early Holland Submarines Archived 7 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Photos of John Holland's Submarine No. 1 and the Fenian Ram at the Paterson Museum; The 'Talking Figure' from the Holland display in a video from a museum visit in 1989.
These trials impressed Holland's backers, the Fenian Brotherhood, [2] who on the strength of this success financed the Holland Boat No. II, which became known as the Fenian Ram. [1] The vessel was recovered in 1927 and is now on display at the Paterson Museum in New Jersey. [2]
Drzewiecki submarine series : Stefan Drzewiecki: 1881: 1891: A class of 50 boats built for harbour defence and withdrawn from service in 1891. Fenian Ram (Holland II) John Philip Holland: 1881: 1883: On display at the Paterson Museum in New Jersey. Holland III: John Philip Holland: 1881: Nov 1883: Stolen and sunk in Hudson river. Nordenfelt I ...