SM U-8

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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-8.
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SM U-8 sinking after being scuttled on March 4, 1915
History
German Empire
Name: U-8
Ordered: 8 April 1908
Builder: Germaniawerft, Kiel
Cost: 2,540,000 Goldmark
Yard number: 150
Laid down: 19 May 1909
Launched: 14 March 1911
Commissioned: 18 June 1911
Fate: 4 March 1915 - Trapped in nets, forced to surface and scuttled under gunfire from HMS Gurkha and Maori at position Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..
General characteristics
Class & type: German Type U 5 submarine
Displacement:
  • 505 t (497 long tons) surfaced
  • 636 t (626 long tons) submerged
Length:
Beam:
  • 5.60 m (18 ft 4 in) (o/a)
  • 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) (pressure hull)
Draught: 3.55 m (11 ft 8 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × Körting 6-cylinder and 2 × Körting 8-cylinder two stroke paraffin motors with 900 PS (890 hp)
  • 2 × SSW electric motors with 1,040 PS (1,030 hp)
  • 550 rpm surfaced
  • 600 rpm submerged
Speed:
  • 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) surfaced
  • 10.2 knots (18.9 km/h; 11.7 mph) submerged
Range: 3,300 nmi (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Test depth: 30 m (98 ft)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 1 dingi
Complement: 4 officers, 25 men
Armament:
Service record
Part of:
  • I Flotilla
  • 1 August 1914 – 4 March 1915
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Konrad Gansser[1]
  • 1–31 August 1914
  • Kptlt. Alfred Stoß[2]
  • 1 September 1914 – 4 March 1915
Operations: 1 patrol
Victories: 5 merchant ships sunk (15,049 GRT)

Service History

SM U-8 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-8 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

Fate

Trapped in nets, forced to surface and scuttled under gunfire from HMS Gurkha and Maori, in the English Channel, at position Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. In June 2015 the submarine's propeller, which had been illegally removed from the wreck, was recovered and presented to the German Navy. It will be exhibited at the Laboe Naval Memorial near Kiel.[3][4]

Summary of raiding career

Date Ship Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[5]
23 February 1915 Branksome Chine  United Kingdom 2,026 Sunk
23 February 1915 Oakby  United Kingdom 1,976 Sunk
24 February 1915 Harpalion  United Kingdom 5,867 Sunk
24 February 1915 Rio Parana  United Kingdom 4,015 Sunk
24 February 1915 Western Coast  United Kingdom 1,165 Sunk
File:Kaiserliche Marine Postcard of SM U8 in harbour 1909-1915.jpg
Note the upper rudder on the deck

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Bibliography

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