O 2-class submarine

Class overview
O 3
Name:	O 2
Builders:	Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Flushing
Operators:	Royal Netherlands Navy
Preceded by:	O 1
Succeeded by:	O 6
Built:	1909–1914
Completed:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	134 tons - 149 tons
Length:	32.13 m (105 ft 5 in)
Beam:	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Draught:	2.73 m (8 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:	1 × 280 bhp (209 kW) diesel engine 1 × 145 bhp (108 kW) electric motor
Speed:	11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range:	500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) on the surface 35 nmi (65 km; 40 mi) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Complement:	10
Armament:	2 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes

The O 2 class was a class of four submarines, built by Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde in Flushing for the Royal Netherlands Navy. Used for patrols in the Dutch home waters. The class comprised O 2, O 3, O 4 and O 5. The submarines diving depth was 25 metres, during trials with no crew on board a depth of 40 metres was reached.

Construction

Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
O 2	11 October 1909	30 Januari 1911	1 December 1911	1930
O 3	31 December 1910	30 July 1912	11 February 1913	1932
O 4	15 June 1912	5 August 1913	17 June 1914	1935
O 5	15 June 1912	2 October 1913	20 August 1914	1935

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Description of class

O 2-class submarines

O 2 O 3 O 4 O 5

Preceded by: HNLMS O 1 Followed by: HNLMS O 6 List of submarines of the Netherlands

Dutch naval ship classes 1890 – 1920 and unique ships

Dreadnoughts	1913 battleship proposal^C

Coastal defence ships	Evertsen Koningin Regentes Marten Harpertszoon Tromp^S Jacob van Heemskerck^S De Zeven Provinciën^S

Protected cruisers	Sumatra^S Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden^S Holland

Destroyers	Wolf

Gunboats, monitors and sloops	Java^S Ceram Lombok Borneo^S Nias Koetei Brinio Reinier Claeszen^S

Torpedoboats	G 13 Z 1 Z 5

Submarines	O 1^S O 2 O 6^S O 7^S M1^G O 8^B K I^S K II^S K III

B Former British HMS H6 C Cancelled G Former German SM UC-8 S Single ship of class

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