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  1. HOW THEY HAVE GROWN: HOLLAND 1 (1901) AND HMS VENGEANCE (1999)
  2.  
  3.                         HOLLAND I                HMS VENGEANCE
  4.  
  5. Length Overall             63ft 10in                    492ft
  6. Breadth                 11ft 10in                    39ft 4in
  7. Displacement,
  8.     surface                 113 tons    
  9.     submerged             122 tons                     15900 tonnes 
  10. Max Diving Depth        100 feet                     In excess of 300 feet
  11. Speed,
  12.     surface                7.4 knots                    
  13.     submerged            6 knots                         In excess of 25 knots 
  14. Endurance
  15.     submerged            20 nautical miles            40+ circumnavigations of the globe 
  16.                         at 5 knots                    before refuelling after 9-10 years.
  17. Armament                One 18-inch bow tube         Four reloadable 21-inch bow tubes 
  18.                         (3 torpedoes carried)            Sixteen Trident II D5 missile tubes
  19. Main Machinery            One 160hp petrol engine        One nuclear pressurized water-cooled
  20.                         One 74hp main motor        reactor providing steam for geared 
  21.                                                     turbines.
  22. Complement,
  23.     design                2 officers 5 ratings            2 crews each of 21 officers 115 ratings