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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
Died: 04-10-1912
Andrews, Richard Sydney  227860
Able Seaman Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 24
Barratt, Sidney Charles  235836
Able Seaman Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 22
Bryant, James Arthur  310785
Stoker Born: 02-05-1888 Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 24
RN DoB 02/05/1888
Douglas, Alexander  278626
Petty Officer Stoker Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 40
House, Walter Charles  237898
Able Seaman Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 21
Keast, Herbert  226809
Leading Seaman Born: 27-04-1888 Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 24
RN DoB 27/04/1886
Lancey, William Barrow  214049
Leading Seaman Born: 21-01-1884 Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 28
RN DoB 21/06/1884
Ledo, William  219527
Leading Seaman Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 26
Lee, Eneas  J 1456
Able Seaman Born: 06-05-1892 Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 20
At birth Lee, Aeneas Served as Lee, Eneas. RN DoB 06/05/1891
Millar, William Crawford  270412
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Born: 06-05-1892 Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 20
RN DoB 06/05/1891
O'Brien, Percy Borough 
Lieutenant Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 25
Commanding Officer
Reid, William  270677
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 32
Rivers, Walter Charles  223285
Petty Officer Born: 07-05-1887 Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 25
RN DoB 07/11/1886
Russell, Frank  289294
Leading Stoker Born: 23-01-1880 Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 32
RN DoB 23/06/1879
Sherrell, William Henry  231056
Able Seaman Died: 04-10-1912 Aged: 26

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.
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