HMS M 2
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The
British aircraft submarine HMS M 2 disappeared during an
exercise 16. January 1932. The crew on M2 were proud of
the speed their submarine could manage, and tried all the
time to set new records. She dived down
in the deep 26.January with a crew of sixty men,
but never surfaced again. The wreck was soon discovered,
and they noticed the door to the hangar was open and the
airplane still on board. It seemed like the hangar was
opened while the submarine was submerged. The airplane was
raised, but after nearly a year with attempts to salvage
the submarine, she was abandoned in the deep. The wreck
rest today on a depth of 35 meter southwest of Chesil
Beach in Lyme bay outside Dorset.
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| 50 34.60 N 02 33.93 W ( Source: Dive Dorset )  Picture: HMS M 2 From the Air and Sea Vol 2. No 6, Public domain Last updated: January 2021 |
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