HNLMS O 2

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O 2
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NameO 2
Builder De Schelde, Flushing
Laid down11 October 1909
Launched30 January 1911
Commissioned1 December 1911
Decommissioned1930
FateDecommissioned 1930
General characteristics [1]
Class and type O 2-class submarine
Displacement134 tons - 149 tons
Length32.13 m (105 ft 5 in)
Beam3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Draught2.73 m (8 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 11  kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced
  • 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range
  • 500  nmi (930 km; 580 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) on the surface
  • 35  nmi (65 km; 40 mi) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Complement10
Armament2 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes

O 2 was an O 2 class patrol submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing.

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Service history

The submarine was ordered on 1 June 1909 and 11 October that year the O 2 was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde. The launch took place on 30 January 1911. In the autumn of that year, trials were held and a depth of 40 meters was reached with no crew on board. On 1 December of that year the O 2 was commissioned in the Dutch navy.

In the autumn of 1913 the O 2 held a torpedo exercise with the HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck. [2]

During World War I the ship was based in Flushing. [3]

When leaving the harbor of IJmuiden on 26 February 1919 the O 2 collided with the Dirk Sch 219, which had entered the harbor. [4] After the collision both vessels sank. Submarine personnel escaped the ship through the tower hatch. The ships were later salvaged and the O 2 was repaired. [3]

In 1930 the O 2 was decommissioned. In the early 1930s the ship served as a training vessel. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dutch Submarines: The O 2 submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Overgenomen uit het Marineblad: Loos alarm" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). No. 28. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. October 1989. pp. 9–11.
  3. 1 2 3 "Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 2". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Onderzeeboot-historie" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). Vol. 1, no. 2. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. January 1979.
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