HMS B2
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| Name: | HMS B2 |
| Builder: | Vickers |
| Launched: | 30 October 1905 |
| Completed: | 9 December 1905 |
| Fate: | Lost 4 October 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 287 tons surfaced 316 tons submerged |
| Length: | 135 ft (41 m) |
| Beam: | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
| Speed: | 12 kn (22 km/h) surfaced 7 kn (13 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 1,300 nmi (2,400 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) surfaced |
| Complement: | 15 |
| Armament: | 2 × 18 in (460 mm) bow torpedo tubes |
HMS B2 was a Royal Navy B class submarine, built at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness, launched 30 October 1905 and completed 9 December 1905.
B2 was lost when she accidentally collided with SS Amerika 4 miles north east of Dover in the early hours of 4 October 1912. She was commanded by Lt. P.B. O’Brien, and was one of several submarines sent to Dover to take part in Channel exercises during the extended lead up to World War I. B2 was surfaced and was struck just forward of the conning tower. The accident resulted in the deaths of 15 crew members. The only survivor was the boat's bridge officer, Lt. Pulleyne. The boat was not recovered in order to allow the bodies to remain undisturbed.
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