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D 2 (I 72)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: D
Fate: Sunk on 25th November 1914 by a German patrol boat off Borkum Island.
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Commanders
1911: Lieutenant   Max Kennedy Horton
1912: Lieutenant   Geoffrey Layton
1914: Lieutenant Commander   A G Jameson
1914: Lieutenant Commander   C Head

1914: 8th Flotilla Portsmouth, HMS Maidstone and Adamant
1914: 8th Flotilla. HMS Maidstone, Harwich.

Supported the British surface fleet at the 'Battle of Helgoland'.

On the night of 22nd November 1914 the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Arthur George Jameson was washed overboard in rough weather and drowned. After returning to harbour Lieutenant Commander Clement G W Head was appointed 'in Command' as his replacement.

On the 24th November Submarine D2 sailed again from Harwich for a patrol off the German Coast. The Submarine did not return from patrol and was lost with all hands. It is believed that D2 was trapped in shallow water off the Ems estuary and was destroyed by German Patrol Craft.

Roll of Honour
27
Died: 23-11-1914
Jameson, Arthur George 
Lieutenant Commander Died: 23-11-1914 Aged: 31
Lost overboard
Died: 25-11-1914
Artis, Alfred  K 3712
Stoker 1st Class Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 27
Barnett, Alfred  310969
Stoker 1st Class Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 30
Bird, Herbert Charles James  K 5470
Stoker 1st Class Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 23
Coplestone, Frederick Lewis 
Lieutenant Commander Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 32
Retired.
Cox, Samuel Ford  239274
Able Seaman Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 23
Dalton, George  291703
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 34
Dawe, Charles Henry  221373
Leading Seaman Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 28
Fish, Frederick  283286
Leading Stoker Born: 28-10-1878 Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 36
RN DoB 29/08/1877
Head, Clement Gordon Wakefield 
Lieutenant Commander Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 29
Commanding Officer
Hibbs, Fredrick  212178
Petty Officer Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 29
Hiscock, Arthur  DSM 191423
Petty Officer Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 34
Hobson, George  K 2805
Stoker 1st Class Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 26
Kemp, Frederick James  K 8777
Stoker 1st Class Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 30
Kennett, Thomas Edward  196592
Able Seaman Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 33
Kilburn, Charlie Edwards  M 848
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 29
Killham, Edgar John  M 776
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 21
Lock, Walter Henry  205253
Able Seaman Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 31
Lumb, Joseph  M 1674
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 26
McDonald, William  210701
Petty Officer Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 30
Noyce, William Harry  K 4834
Stoker Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 26
Oakeley, Francis Eckley 
Lieutenant Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 23
Peters, William Thomas  229227
Leading Seaman Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 27
Pethick, Eli  J 1209
Able Seaman Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 23
Rolfe, Charles Burt  226345
Leading Seaman Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 27
Smith, George William  271616
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 31
Wilkinson, Joseph  J9962
Telegraphist Died: 25-11-1914 Aged: 20

Events

 25-05-1908   Launched
 10-07-1909   Laid Down
 29-03-1911   Completed
 23-11-1914   Lt Cdr Jameson was washed overboard from HMS D2 and drowned on 23 November 1914.
 25-11-1914   D2 put to sea on the 24th, under the command of Lieutenant Commander C Head. The submarine failed to return. It is believed that she was sunk on, or around, the 25th of November, following an encounter with a German Torpedo Boat.
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