| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Whaler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 1695 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 12 Aug 1930 |
| Commissioned | Mar 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Whaler of Sevilla Whaling Co. Ltd. (Chr.Salvesen & Co., Leith, U.K.), taken over by the Admiralty in March 1940. Displacement: 245 tons. Returned to owner in April 1946. Bouvet 2, renamed Indus 8, was sunk at Pichidangui, Chile on 15 November 1954. |
Commands listed for HMS Bouvet 2 (FY 1695)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/S.Lt. Douglas Herbert Hackett, RNVR | 9 Sep 1940 | 22 Jan 1941 |
| 2 | Skr. John Richard Clark, RNR | 22 Jan 1941 | Jan 1942 |
| 3 | Skr. William Buchan, RNR | Jan 1942 | 13 Aug 1943 |
| 4 | T/Skr. Sidney Swinborne, RNR | 13 Aug 1943 | 15 Aug 1944 |
| 5 | T/Skr. Ezra Heaton Brooks, RNR | 15 Aug 1944 | mid 1945 |
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