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B 2 (I 22)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: B
Fate: Rammed and sunk by SS Amerika off Dover 4th October 1912, one survivor, Lt. R.I. Pulleyne.
B2
B2

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Commanders
1912: Lieutenant   P B O'Brien

Based on the depot ship HMS Forth

Roll of Honour
15
Andrews, Richard Sydney
227860
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 24
Able Seaman
Barratt, Sidney Charles
235836
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 22
Able Seaman
Bryant, James Arthur
310785
Born: 2nd May, 1888.
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 24
Stoker
RN DoB 02/05/1888
Douglas, Alexander
278626
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 40
Petty Officer Stoker
House, Walter Charles
237898
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 21
Able Seaman
Keast, Herbert
226809
Born: 27th Apr, 1888.
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 24
Leading Seaman
RN DoB 27/04/1886
Lancey, William Barrow
214049
Born: 21st Jan, 1884.
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 28
Leading Seaman
RN DoB 21/06/1884
Ledo, William
219527
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 26
Leading Seaman
Lee, Eneas
J 1456
Born: 6th May, 1892.
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 20
Able Seaman
At birth Lee, Aeneas Served as Lee, Eneas. RN DoB 06/05/1891
Millar, William Crawford
270412
Born: 6th May, 1892.
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 20
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
RN DoB 06/05/1891
O'Brien, Percy Borough
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 25
Lieutenant
Commanding Officer
Reid, William
270677
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 32
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
Rivers, Walter Charles
223285
Born: 7th May, 1887.
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 25
Petty Officer
RN DoB 07/11/1886
Russell, Frank
289294
Born: 23rd Jan, 1880.
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 32
Leading Stoker
RN DoB 23/06/1879
Sherrell, William Henry
231056
Died: 4th Oct, 1912.
Aged: 26
Able Seaman

Events

 30-10-1905   Launched
 09-12-1905   Completed
 04-10-1912   Sank off Dover after collision with SS Amerika

In the early hours of 4 October HMS B2 was on the surface about four miles north east of Dover when the 23,000-ton steamer SS Amerika, on passage from Hamburg to New York, via Southampton, collided with the submarine. B2 was struck just forward of the conning tower, a fatal blow that sent the submarine immediately to the bottom.
B Specification
Length overall  142 ft
Beam  12 ft
Draught  11 ft
Displacement   Surface 287 tons
  Submerged 316 tons
Diving Depth  100 ft
Speed  Surface 7 knots (design)
  Surface 6.5 knots (service)
  Submerged 13 to 13.5 knots (design)
  Submerged 12 knots (service)
No. of shafts  1
Propeller  3 blades, 5 ft diameter
Armament  2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried)
Endurance  Surface: 1300 miles at 9 knots (design)
  Surface: 740 miles at full power (service)
  Submerged: 22.5 miles
Complement  2 x Officers, 13 x Ratings
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