For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-2.
| SM U-2 (Germany) | |
|---|---|
| Career (German Empire) |  |
| Name: | U–2 |
| Ordered: | 4 March 1906 |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
| Cost: | 1,548,000 Goldmark |
| Yard number: | 1 |
| Launched: | 18 June 1908 |
| Commissioned: | 18 July 1908 |
| Struck: | 19 February 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | German Type U 2 submarine |
| Displacement: |
341 metric tons (376 short tons) ↑ 430 metric tons (470 short tons) ↓ |
| Length: | 45.42 m (149 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × shafts 2 × Daimler 6-cylinder four stroke paraffin motors with 600 PS (590 hp) 2 × SSW electric motors with 630 PS (620 hp) 550 rpm ↑ 685 rpm ↓ |
| Speed: |
13.2 kn (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) ↑ 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) ↓ |
| Range: | 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) @ 13 kn |
| Test depth: | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 1 dingi |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 19 men |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 3 periscopes |
| Armament: | 4 ×x 45 centimetres (18 in) torpedo tube with 6 torpedoes |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: | Imperial German Navy: |
| 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 Kaiserliche Marine on 18 July 1908. She conducted no war patrols and spent World War I as a training platform.
After Germany's surrender, she was broken up at Stinnes on 19 February 1919.
References[]
- Robert C. Stern. Battle Beneath the Waves: U-boats at War, Cassell Military Paperbacks, 2002. ISBN 0-304-36228-X
External links[]
- "U-boat.net". List of all U-Boats – U 2. http://www.uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=2. Retrieved 26 February 2007.
See also: List of U-boats
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