| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | D |
| Fate: | Sunk on 25th November 1914 by a German patrol boat off Borkum Island. |
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 |
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| Jameson, Arthur George |
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| Lieutenant Commander | ||||||
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| Artis, Alfred |
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| Barnett, Alfred |
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| Bird, Herbert Charles James |
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| Coplestone, Frederick Lewis |
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| Lieutenant Commander | ||||||
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| Cox, Samuel Ford |
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| Dalton, George |
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| Stoker Petty Officer | ||||||
| Dawe, Charles Henry |
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| Fish, Frederick |
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| Head, Clement Gordon Wakefield |
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| Lieutenant Commander | ||||||
| Commanding Officer | ||||||
| Hibbs, Fredrick |
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| Hiscock, Arthur DSM |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Hobson, George |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Kemp, Frederick James |
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| Kennett, Thomas Edward |
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| Kilburn, Charlie Edwards |
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| Killham, Edgar John |
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| Lock, Walter Henry |
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| Lumb, Joseph |
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| McDonald, William |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Noyce, William Harry |
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| Oakeley, Francis Eckley |
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| Peters, William Thomas |
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| Pethick, Eli |
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| Rolfe, Charles Burt |
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| Smith, George William |
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| Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | ||||||
| Wilkinson, Joseph |
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| Telegraphist | ||||||
| 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. |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped Troon 9/49 | |
Robert Wise's screen adaptation of the novel by Commander Edward L. Beach.
Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) is the only survivor when his submarine is sunk by the Japanese cruiser 'Bongo Pete'. Assigned a new command, Richardson becomes obsessed with revenge, ignoring orders to avoid the Japanese Bongo Straits and drilling his crew in manoeuvres designed to destroy Bongo Pete.
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped Troon 9/49 | |
Robert Wise's screen adaptation of the novel by Commander Edward L. Beach.
Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) is the only survivor when his submarine is sunk by the Japanese cruiser 'Bongo Pete'. Assigned a new command, Richardson becomes obsessed with revenge, ignoring orders to avoid the Japanese Bongo Straits and drilling his crew in manoeuvres designed to destroy Bongo Pete.
13 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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