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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''M 2''''' was one of 4 submarines of the [["M" Class Submarine (1917)|"M" class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''M 2''''' was one of one of three monitor submarines of the [["M" Class Submarine (1917)|"M" class]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==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 {{CommRN}} [[Hubert Vaughn Jones]] and tender to {{UK-Dolphin}}.{{NLJan21|p. 804}}
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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 {{CommRN}} [[Hubert Vaughan-Jones]] and tender to {{UK-Dolphin}}.{{NLJan21|p. 804}}
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In 1923 while under the command of [[Henry Francis Morton Peto]], ''M 2'' collided with {{UK-Cyclops}} and he was cautioned to exercise greater care in future.<ref>Peto Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/211.|D7605296}} f. 580.</ref>
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She was reduced to Reserve on 20 August, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 252}}
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Completed to full complement on 5 July, 1927 for operation with the {{UK-SF|5}}.{{NLJul31|p. 251}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Claud Lacy Yea Dering|nick=Claud L. Y. Dering|appt=25 February, 1919<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>|end=18 September, 1920<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Claud Lacy Yea Dering|nick=Claud L. Y. Dering|appt=25 February, 1919<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>|end=18 September, 1920<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Vaughn Jones|nick=Hubert V. Jones|appt=10 December, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 804}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|nick=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|appt=10 December, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 804}}|end=18 July, 1921|note=and in command of other two "M" class}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Francis Morton Peto|nick=Henry F. M. Peto|appt=10 August, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 779}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred Gordon Hine|nick=Alfred G. Hine|appt=2 July, 1921<ref>Hine Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|end=15 August, 1922<ref>Hine Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Francis Morton Peto|nick=Henry F. M. Peto|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Peto Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/211.|D7605296}} f. 580.</ref>|end=25 January, 1924<ref>Peto Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/211.|D7605296}} f. 580.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Lawrence Boyd|nick=James L. Boyd|appt=25 January, 1924|end=23 May, 1924}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Jermyn Rushbrooke|nick=Jermyn Rushbrooke|appt=1 September, 1924|end=25 November, 1924}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alec Murray Carrie|nick=Alec M. Carrie|appt=25 November, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 252}}|end=12 November, 1925|note=and in command of {{UK-M1}}, died in ''M 1''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Lawrence Boyd|nick=James L. Boyd|appt=13 January, 1926{{NLFeb26|p. 252}}|end=21 October, 1926}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=22 January, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 252}}|end=14 May, 1929}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alexander Scrope Hutchinson|nick=Alexander S. Hutchinson|appt=14 May, 1929|end=17 November, 1930}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Duncan de Mussenden Leathes|nick=John D. de M. Leathes|appt=17 November, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 251}}|end=26 January, 1932|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when sub foundered}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 12:18, 27 July 2020

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. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 252.
  18. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 252.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 252.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 251.

Bibliography


"M" Class Submarine
  M 1 M 2 M 3 M 4  
<– "L" Class Submarines (UK) "R" Class –>