H.M.S. H 8 (1915)

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H.M.S. H 8 (1915)
Pendant Number: H.8[1]
Builder: Canadian Vickers[2]
Ordered: Nov, 1914[3]
Launched: 1915[4]
Commissioned: mid 1915[5]
Sold: Nov, 1921[6]
H.M.S. H 8 was one of 44 submarines of the "H" class.

Career

In February 1917, H 8 commenced carrying out experiments with being towed in a completely submerged state by "Q" ship sloop Q 12. The tests were suspended when Q 12 was lost to a torpedo in the Irish Sea on 1 May.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 87.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  7. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.

Bibliography


"H" Class Submarine
Group 1
H 1 H 2 H 3 H 4 H 5
H 6 H 7 H 8 H 9 H 10
Group 2
H 11 H 12 H 13 H 14 H 15
H 16 H 17 H 18 H 19 H 20
Group 3
H 21 H 22 H 23 H 24 H 25
H 26 H 27 H 28 H 29 H 30
H 31 H 32 H 33 H 34 H 41
H 42 H 43 H 44 H 47 H 48
  H 49 H 50 H 51 H 52  
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