Editing Fenian Ram (section)

==Ship history==
[[file:Paterson Museum (NJ) images (45) number 36 Early submarine.jpg|thumb|right|The submarine on display at the [[Paterson Museum]], New Jersey (2016)]]
During extensive trials, Holland made numerous dives and test-fired the gun using dummy projectiles. However, due to funding disputes within the IRB and disagreement over payments from the IRB to Holland, the IRB stole '' Fenian Ram'' and the ''[[Holland III]]'' prototype in November 1883.<ref name="usni_nautilus">Davies, R. ''Nautilus: The Story of Man Under the Sea''. [[United States Naval Institute|Naval Institute Press]]. 1995. {{ISBN|1-55750-615-9}}.</ref>  Although ''Holland III'' accidentally sank in the East River, the Fenians took the ''Fenian Ram'' to [[New Haven, Connecticut]], but discovered that no one knew how to operate it. Holland refused to help. Unable to use or sell the boat, the Brotherhood had the ''Ram'' hauled into a shed on the [[Mill River (Quinnipiac River)|Mill River]].

In 1916, ''Fenian Ram'' was exhibited in [[Madison Square Garden]] to raise funds for victims of the [[Easter Rising]]. Afterwards, she was moved to [[La Salle Military Academy|Clason Point Military Academy]], Bronx, NY. In 1927, the Academy relocated to Long Island and the hull was sold for scrap.  Prior to demolition, Irish-American activist [[Harry Cunningham (activist)|Harry Cunningham]] intervened and purchased the ''Fenian Ram'' from the junkyard in order to preserve it as a symbol of Irish-American ingenuity.<ref>“Devoy Tells Story of First Submarine:  Holland Warship Purchased for Clan-na-Gael, The Original Owners, by Harry Cunningham”, The Gaelic American, New York, 09 July 1927., page 1.</ref>  In September, 1927, Cunningham sold the submarine to Edward Browne of Paterson, NJ, who offered the vessel to the City of Paterson as a memorial to Holland's work.<ref>“Special Meeting of Park Board on the Fenian Ram: Browne Makes Formal Application for a Location in Westside Park”, The Paterson News, 16 September 1927.</ref>  Today, she can still be seen at the [[Paterson Museum]].

Holland started the [[Holland Torpedo Boat Company]] in 1896 after the [[United States Navy|US Navy]] showed interest in the design.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Warnes |first1=Kathy |title=Bakers Boat |url=http://www.hsmichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/BakersBoat-ND13.pdf |publisher=Historical Society of Michigan |accessdate=28 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Buell |first1=Erica |title=The Great Submarine Contest-pt 1 |url=http://ussnautilus.org/blog/the-great-submarine-contest-pt-1/ |website=Submarine Force Library and Museum Blog |accessdate=28 August 2018 |date=14 December 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_19/holland.htm Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006110950/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_19/holland.htm |date=6 October 2013 }}, United States Navy. Retrieved 21 December 2015.</ref>