SM U-2 (Germany)
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-2.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U–2 |
| Ordered: | 4 March 1906[1] |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig[1] |
| Cost: | 1,548,000 Goldmark[2] |
| Yard number: | DU 1[2] |
| Launched: | 18 June 1908[1] |
| Commissioned: | 18 July 1908[1] |
| Decommissioned: | 19 February 1919[2] |
| Fate: | sold to Stinnes 3 February 1920 for shipbreaking[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | German Type U 2 submarine |
| Displacement: | 341 tonnes (336 long tons) surfaced 430 tonnes (420 long tons) submerged[2] |
| Length: | 149 ft (45.42 m)[2] (o/a) 129 ft (39.32 m) (pressure hull)[2] |
| Beam: | 18 ft (5.5 m)[2] |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.0 m)[2] |
| Installed power: | 2 × Daimler 6-cylinder four stroke paraffin motors with 600 PS (590 hp) 2 × SSW electric motors with 630 PS (620 hp) 550 rpm surfaced 685 rpm submerged[2] |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts 2 × 1 m (3 ft 3 in) propellers |
| Speed: | 13.2 kn (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) surfaced 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged[2] |
| Range: | 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged[2] |
| Test depth: | 30 m (98 ft)[2] |
| Boats and landing craft carried: | 1 dingi[2] |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 19 men[2] |
| Armament: | 4 × 45 centimetres (18 in) torpedo tube with 6 torpedoes[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: | Imperial German Navy: |
| Commanders: | Friedrich Lützow |
| Operations: | none |
| Victories: | No ships sunk or damaged |
SM U-2 was a German U-boat built for the Imperial German Navy. Only one of the type, sometimes called German Type U 2 submarine, was built. U-2 was ordered from Kaiserliche Werft of Danzig on 4 March 1906, launched on 18 June 1908, and commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 18 July 1908. She conducted no war patrols and spent World War I as a training platform.
After Germany's surrender, she was decommissioned on 19 February 1919 and sold for shipbreaking to Stinnes on 3 February 1920.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to SM U 2. |
- "U-boat.net". List of all U-Boats – U 2. Retrieved 26 February 2007.
- Robert C. Stern. Battle Beneath the Waves: U-boats at War, Cassell Military Paperbacks, 2002. ISBN 0-304-36228-X
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 (in German) III (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1985). U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkriegs, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935-1945. Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften (in German) I (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.
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