Unterseeboot 2 (1908)

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U-2
Country German Empire
Branch Kaiserliche Marine
Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig
Ordered March 4, 1906
Launched June 18, 1908
Commissioned July 18, 1908
Career
Patrols 0
Successes
No ships sunk or damaged
Fate
Stricken February 19, 1919.

Unterseeboot 2 (also known as U-2) was a German U-boat built for the Kaiserliche Marine. She was ordered from Kaiserliche Werft of Danzig on March 4, 1906, launched on June 18, 1908, and commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine on July 18, 1908. She conducted no war patrols and spent World War I as a training platform.

After Germany's surrender, she was broken up at Stinnes on February 19, 1919.

[edit] References

  • Robert C. Stern. Battle Beneath the Waves: U-boats at War, Cassell Military Paperbacks, 2002. ISBN 0-304-36228-X

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See also: List of U-boats

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German Gasoline-powered submarines (Unterseeboot)
U-1 | U-2 | U-3 | U-5 | U-9 | U-13 | U-16 | U-17

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