H.M.S. C 8 (1907)

H.M.S. C 8 (1907)
Pendant Number:	I.38 (1914) C.8 (mid 1915)
Builder:	Vickers
Launched:	15 Feb, 1907
Sold:	Oct, 1920

H.M.S. C 8 was one of thirty-eight "C" class coastal submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

On 25 October, 1909 she was one of three "C" class boats to complete a refit at Sheerness Dockyard, now adorned with a new pattern bridge. They were to be inclined for stability tests before returning to The Nore Submarine Flotilla at Harwich.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant & Commander Max K. Horton, before October, 1908 – 18 January, 1910
• Lieutenant John R. G. Moncreiffe, 18 January, 1910
• Lieutenant in Command Reginald T. Dimsdale, 1 November, 1910 – 12 June, 1912
• Lieutenant in Command Charles L. Kerr, 12 June, 1912 – 13 May, 1913
• Lieutenant & Commander Richard H. B. Everard, 13 May, 1913 – 29 August, 1916
• Lieutenant & Commander Thomas A. Powell, 29 August, 1916 – 23 February, 1917
• Lieutenant & Commander David E. Blunt, 23 February, 1917 – 21 June, 1917
• Lieutenant & Commander Dudley V. Peyton-Ward, 21 May, 1917 – 27 May, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command Theodore F. A. Voysey, 9 July, 1918 – September, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command John G. H. Steedman, 21 August, 1918 – 4 June, 1919

See Also

• Wikipedia