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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''B 2'' (1905)|fate2=by S.S. ''Amerika'' |fatedate=4 Oct, 1912{{Conways1906|p. 87}} |order= |name=B 2 |launch=30 Oct, 1905{{Conways1906|p. 87}} |builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 87}} |fate=Rammed |pend=I.22 (1914)<br>B.2 (mid 1915){{DittColl|p. 82}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''B 2''''' was one of eleven [["B" Class Submarine (1904)|"B" class coastal submarines]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Service== Lieutenant and Commander [[Percy Borough O'Brien]] drowned with fourteen of his crew when S.S. ''Amerika'' rammed and sank ''B 2''. ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''B 2''"> {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Campbell Street|nick=George C. Street|appt=13 May, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 318}}|end=10 January, 1909|note=skull fracture in riding accident}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Frederick Parker Calvert|nick=Thomas F. P. Calvert|appt=16 January, 1909{{NLMar11|p. 317}}<ref>Calvert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/14.|D7604113}} f. 7.</ref>|end=26 October, 1911<ref>Calvert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/14.|D7604113}} f. 7.</ref>|note=and for Instructional Duties from 1 March, 1910}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Percy Borough O'Brien|nick=Percy B. O'Brien|appt=26 October, 1911{{NLJan12|p. 317}}|end=4 October, 1912{{HepperLosses|p. 23}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost under his command}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_B2}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer "B" Class Submarine (1904)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:B 2}} {{CatShipSubmarine|UK}}

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