HMS E2
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Name: | HMS E2 |
Builder: | HM Dockyard, Chatham |
Laid down: | 14 February 1911 |
Launched: | 23 November 1912 |
Fate: | Sold, 7 March 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | E class submarine |
Displacement: |
665 long tons (676 t) surfaced 796 long tons (809 t) submerged |
Length: | 178 ft (54 m) |
Beam: | 15 ft 5 in (4.70 m) |
Propulsion: |
2 × 1,750 hp (1,305 kW) diesel 2 × 600 hp (447 kW) electric 2 screws |
Speed: |
15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) submerged |
Range: |
3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) 65 nmi (120 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) |
Complement: | 30 |
Armament: | 4 × 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tubes (1 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern) |
HMS E2 (originally ordered as HMS D10) was a British E class submarine built by Chatham Dockyard. E2 was laid down on 14 February 1911 and launched on 23 November 1912.
She was sold 7 March 1921 to B Zammit, Malta.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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