HMS K2
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Name: | HMS K2 |
Builder: | HM Dockyard Portsmouth |
Laid down: | 13 November 1915 |
Commissioned: | May 1917 |
Fate: | Sold, 13 July 1926 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | K-class submarine |
Displacement: | 1,980 long tons (2,010 t) surfaced 2,566 long tons (2,607 t) submerged |
Length: | 339 ft (103 m) |
Beam: | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Draught: | 20 ft 11 in (6.38 m) |
Propulsion: | 2 × 10,500 shp (7.8 MW) Brown-Curtis or Parsons geared steam turbines 2 × Yarrow boilers 4 × 1,440 hp (1,070 kW) electric motors 1 × 800 hp (600 kW) Vickers diesel generator for charging batteries on the surface 2 × 3-blade 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) diameter screws |
Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged |
Range: | Surfaced : 800 nmi (1,500 km; 920 mi) at 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph) 12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) Submerged : 8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) 40 nmi (46 mi; 74 km) at 4 kn (4.6 mph; 7.4 km/h) |
Complement: | 59 (6 officers and 53 ratings) |
Armament: | • 8 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes, (4 beam, 4 bow) • 8 × spare torpedoes • 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes fitted on deck (later removed) • 2 × BL 4 in (100 mm) Mk.XI guns • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun |
HMS K2 was the second of the K class submarines and was built at HM Dockyard, Portsmouth, England. She was laid down on 13 November 1915 and was commissioned in May 1917 one year before the end of World War I.
K2 had an unsuccessful start. In January 1917, she was damaged by an explosion and fire during her first diving trials.
On 11 January 1924, K2 collided with K12 as they departed from Portland Harbour. K2 smashed a hole in the forward casing of K12 and buckled her bows for about 6 feet (1.8 m). This collision yet again showed the perils of exercising with heavy units.
On 7 November 1924, K2 collided with H29 during exercises.
K2 was sold on 13 July 1926 to John Cashmore Ltd for scrapping at Newport.
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.
- Hutchinson, Robert. Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, from 1776 to the Present Day.