SM U-2 (Germany)

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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-2.
History
German Empire
Name: U–2
Ordered: 4 March 1906[1]
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft Danzig[1]
Cost: 1,548,000 Goldmark
Yard number: DU 1
Launched: 18 June 1908[1]
Commissioned: 18 July 1908[1]
Decommissioned: 19 February 1919
Fate: sold to Stinnes 3 February 1920 for shipbreaking
General characteristics [2]
Class & type: German Type U 2 submarine
Displacement:
  • 341 t (336 long tons) surfaced
  • 430 t (420 long tons) submerged
Length:
Beam: 5.50 m (18 ft 1 in)
Draught: 3.05 m (10 ft)
Installed power:
  • 2 × Daimler 6-cylinder four stroke paraffin motors with 600 PS (440 kW; 590 shp)
  • 2 × SSW electric motors with 630 PS (460 kW; 620 shp)
  • 550 rpm surfaced
  • 685 rpm submerged
Propulsion:
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × 1 m (3 ft 3 in) propellers
Speed:
  • 13.2 kn (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) surfaced
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
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
Test depth: 30 m (98 ft)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 1 dingi
Complement: 3 officers, 19 men
Armament:
  • 4  ×  torpedo tubes (two bow, two stern)
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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.

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See also: List of U-boats of Germany

Citations

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References

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

External links

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rössler, p. 15.
  2. ↑ Gröner 1985, p. 27.
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