Name: | W 2 |
Type: | Submarine |
Keel: | 05/09/1913 |
Launched: | 15/04/1915 |
Completed: | 18/05/1915 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Elswick |
Yard Number: | 864 |
Dimensions: | 499disp subm, 331disp surf, 171.9 x 15.3ft |
Engines: | 2 x oil engines, 8cyl, 2 x electric motors, 740hp |
Engines by: | Lambert-Schneider |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 8.0knots subm, 13.0knots surf |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 1 x 3ins gun, 6 x 18ins torpedoes |
History: | |
06/01/1915 | British Royal Navy |
23/08/1916 | Transferred to the Italian Navy |
14/09/1919 | Broken up |
Comments: | The Class was known as the Armstrong-Laubeuf type, having |
been built in the UK for the Italian Navy |