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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''B 2''''' was one of 11 submarines of the [["B" Class Submarine (1904)|"B" class]].
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|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==
 
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Lieutenant and Commander [[Percy Borough O'Brien]] drowned with fourteen of his crew when S.S. ''Amerika'' rammed and sank ''B 2''.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{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}}
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{{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}}
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{{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}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:11, 21 February 2018

H.M.S. B 2 (1905)
Pendant Number: I.22 (1914)
B.2 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Launched: 30 Oct, 1905[3]
Rammed: 4 Oct, 1912[4]
Fate: by S.S. Amerika

H.M.S. B 2 was one of eleven "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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 82.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
  6. The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 317.
  7. Calvert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/14. f. 7.
  8. Calvert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/14. f. 7.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 317.
  10. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 23.

Bibliography


"B" Class Submarine
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