Themes

The Navy at Home and Abroad

• Shore Establishments

• Humanitarian Relief

• Flying the Flag

• Letters Home

  • Staying in Touch

  • Delivering Letters

  • Censorship

  • As Historical Sources

  • Albert Farley 1915

  • Algernon Foster 1939 - 41

  • D. Arnold-Forster 1901

  • George Estcourt 1932

• Prisoners of War

Learning

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D. Arnold-Forster 1901

Article Highlights

• Introduction

• Reservations about joining the submarine service

• The Holland 1 team

• The underwater trials

• The death of a crew member

• Arnold-Forster's progression in the Navy

The death of a crew member

During the Holland 1 trials a member of the crew fell overboard whilst working on the submarine and drowned. Arnold-Forster describes the event in one of his letters to his Father.

‘At breakfast I was told that a Leading Stoker was missing and his cap found floating near the torpedo boat. It looked as though he must have fallen overboard so I started dragging at once and found his body at 11.00 and sent it to the mortuary. The next three days were perfectly awful what with arranging about the inquest and funeral and running trials with No.2 between whiles. We buried him eventually on Wednesday with naval honours...’

Letter written by Arnold-Forster dated May 14th 1902 (RNSM)

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Related External Links

• Submarine Heritage - Holland 1

• Royal Navy Submarine Museum - Holland 1