H.M.S. M 2 (1918)

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H.M.S. M 2 (1918)
Builder: Vickers[1]
Ordered: May, 1916[2]
Launched: 19 Oct, 1918[3]
Foundered: 26 Jan, 1932[4]
Fate: off Portland[5]

H.M.S. M 2 was one of one of three monitor submarines of the "M" class completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In late 1920, submarines M 1, M 2 and M 3 were allocated to submarine reserve group "C" at Portsmouth, under the collective command of Commander Hubert Vaughan-Jones and tender to Dolphin.[6]

In 1923 while under the command of Henry Francis Morton Peto, M 2 collided with Cyclops and he was cautioned to exercise greater care in future.[7]

She was reduced to Reserve on 20 August, 1924.[8]

Completed to full complement on 5 July, 1927 for operation with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  2. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 40.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 804.
  7. Peto Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/211. f. 580.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 252.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 251.
  10. Dering Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/122. f. ?.
  11. Dering Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/122. f. ?.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 804.
  13. Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
  14. Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
  15. Peto Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/211. f. 580.
  16. Peto Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/211. f. 580.
  17. Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  18. Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/185. f. 553.
  19. Rushbrooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/335. f. 261.
  20. Rushbrooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/335. f. 261.
  21. Carrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/83. f. 83.
  22. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 252.
  23. Carrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/83. f. 83.
  24. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 252.
  25. Mayers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/679. f. 680.
  26. Mayers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/679. f. 680.
  27. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 30 Dec. 1926, p. 5.
  28. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 252.
  29. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 251.

Bibliography


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