SM U-2 (Germany)

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{{Infobox ship career

|Ship country=German Empire

|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|German Empire|naval}}

|Ship name=U–2

|Ship ordered=4 March 1906{{sfn|Rössler|1985|p=15}}

|Ship laid down=

|Ship builder=Kaiserliche Werft Danzig{{sfn|Rössler|1985|p=15}}

|Ship original cost=1,548,000 Goldmark

|Ship yard number=1

|Ship launched=18 June 1908{{sfn|Rössler|1985|p=15}}

|Ship commissioned=18 July 1908{{sfn|Rössler|1985|p=15}}

|Ship decommissioned=19 February 1919

|Ship fate=Sold to Stinnes 3 February 1920 for shipbreaking

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{{Infobox ship characteristics

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|Header caption={{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=3-4}}

|Ship class=German Type U 2 submarine

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|Ship displacement=*{{convert|341|t|LT|abbr=on|lk=on}} surfaced

• {{convert|430|t|LT|abbr=on}} submerged

|Ship length=*{{convert|45.42|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (o/a)

• {{convert|39.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (pressure hull)

|Ship beam={{convert|5.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship draught={{convert|3.05|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

|Ship power=*2 × Daimler 6-cylinder four stroke paraffin motors with {{convert|600|PS|kW shp|lk=in|abbr=on}}

• 2 × SSW electric motors with {{convert|630|PS|kW shp|abbr=on}}
• 550 rpm surfaced
• 685 rpm submerged

|Ship propulsion=*2 shafts

• 2 × {{convert|1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} propellers

|Ship speed=*{{convert|13.2|kn|lk=in|abbr=on}} surfaced

• {{convert|9|kn}} submerged

|Ship range=*{{convert|1600|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|13|kn}} surfaced

• {{convert|50|nmi}} at {{convert|5|kn}} submerged

|Ship test depth={{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|Ship boats=1 dingi

|Ship complement=3 officers, 19 men

|Ship armament=*4  ×  torpedo tubes (two bow, two stern)

• 6 {{convert|45|cm|in|abbr=on}} torpedoes

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{{Infobox service record

|is_ship=yes

|partof=*Training Flotilla

• 1 August 1914 - 11 November 1918

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|commanders=Friedrich Lützow

|operations=none

|victories=No ships sunk or damaged

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