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Friday, 30 December 2016

British submarines K 2 and H 29 collided during manoeuvres according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 8 November 1924

An item dated London, England 7th reported that two British submarines the K 2 (1) and H 29 (2) collided during manoeuvres of the Atlantic Fleet in the Channel when they were involved in a simulated attack on the battleships. Both submarines returned to the harbour of Portland where they were examined and found not to be heavily damaged.

Notes
1.Laid down at HM Dockyard Portsmouth, England on 13 November 1915, commissioned in May 1917 and sold on 13 July 1926.
2. Laid down by Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness-England on 19 March 1917, commissioned on 14 September 1918, sunk on 9 August 1926 and sold to be broken up on 7 October 1927.