SM U-2 (Germany)
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | U–2 |
| Ordered | 4 March 1906 |
| Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
| Cost | 1,548,000 Goldmark |
| Yard number | 1 |
| Launched | 18 June 1908 |
| Commissioned | 18 July 1908 |
| Decommissioned | 19 February 1919 |
| Fate | Sold to Stinnes 3 February 1920 for shipbreaking |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | German Type U 2 submarine |
| Displacement | |
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| Beam | 5.50 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 3.05 m (10 ft) |
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| Test depth | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 dingi |
| Complement | 3 officers, 19 men |
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| Commanders: | Friedrich Lützow |
| Operations: | none |
| Victories: | No ships sunk or damaged |
SM U-2 was a German U-boat built for the Imperial German Navy. Only one of the type, sometimes called German Type U 2 submarine, was built. U-2 was ordered from Kaiserliche Werft of Danzig on 4 March 1906, launched on 18 June 1908, and commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 18 July 1908. She conducted no war patrols and spent World War I as a training platform.
After Germany's surrender, she was decommissioned on 19 February 1919 and sold for shipbreaking to Stinnes on 3 February 1920.