HMS H6
{{Short description|H-class submarine operated by the Royal Navy,}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = NLMS O8.jpg | Ship caption = HNLMS O 8 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United Kingdom | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} | Ship name = HMS H6 | Ship owner = | Ship namesake = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Canadian Vickers, Montreal | Ship yard number = | Ship laid down = 1914{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/foreign_ud1.htm |title= Foreign U-boats UD-1 |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net |access-date=30 April 2015 }} | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 10 June 1915 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship fate = Sold to the Netherlands on 4 May 1917 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header =title | Ship country = Netherlands | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Netherlands|naval}} | Ship name = HNLMS O 8 | Ship owner = | Ship namesake = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = | Ship yard number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship acquired = 4 May 1917Jalhay (1982), p. 107. | Ship commissioned = 7 May 1917von Münching (1978), p. 33. | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship fate = Scuttled by Dutch forces following German invasion of the Netherlands during Second World War. Later refloated by Germany on 14 May 1940 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header =title | Ship country = Nazi Germany | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Nazi Germany|naval}} | Ship name = UD-1 | Ship owner = | Ship namesake = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = | Ship yard number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 21 November 1940 | Ship decommissioned = 23 November 1943 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship fate = Scuttled in Kiel Harbour following Allied advance on 3 May 1945 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=(as built) |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement=*{{convert|364|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} surfaced
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|codes=M 28 540 |commanders=
|url=http://uboat.net/men/commanders/1009.html |title=Hermann Rigele |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=Uboat.net |access-date=30 April 2016 }}
|url=http://uboat.net/men/commanders/1059.html |title=Friedrich Schäfer |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=Uboat.net |access-date=30 April 2016 }}
|url=http://uboat.net/men/commanders/1299.html |title=Franz Venier |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=Uboat.net |access-date=30 April 2016 }}
|url=http://uboat.net/men/commanders/601.html |title=Wolfgang Ketelsen |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=Uboat.net |access-date=30 April 2016 }}
|url=http://uboat.net/men/commanders/1325.html |title=Friedrich Weidner |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=Uboat.net |access-date=30 April 2016 }}
|operations=None |victories=None }} |
HMS H6 was a British H-class submarine of the Royal Navy built by Canadian Vickers & Co. during World War I.
History
She was completed on 10 June 1915 and was commissioned by the Royal Navy the same year. However, her service in the Royal Navy was short. On 19 January 1916, she ran aground near the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog, after which she was interned by the Royal Netherlands Navy.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.klaarvooronderwater.nl/kvo/Kvo-026.pdf|last=|first= |date=March 1989 |title=Indringers|magazine=Klaar Voor Onderwater |issue=26|location=Den Helder|publisher=Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging |pages=6-8|language=Dutch}} On 4 May 1917, an agreement was reached to sell H6 to the Netherlands.
= Dutch service =
The Royal Netherlands Navy renamed H6 to HNLMS O 8 and refitted her, with knowledge gained from the interned German submarine {{SMU|UC-8||2}}. After UC-8 was bought from Germany O 8 was equipped with UC-8{{'}}s Zeiss periscope. During maintenance in October 1921, O 8 partly sank in the harbour at Den Helder. Because only minor damage was sustained, she was repaired and continued in service. In the summer of 1925, O 8 together with the other Dutch vessels {{HNLMS|K XI||6}}, {{HNLMS|Jacob van Heemskerck|1906|6}}, {{HNLMS|Marten Harpertszoon Tromp||6}}, {{HNLMS|Z 3||6}} and {{HNLMS|Z 5||6}} were part of an exercise in the Baltic Sea.
During the German attack on the Netherlands at the start of the Second World War, O 8 was still in Dutch service. At the time she was undergoing maintenance and as a result could not escape during the invasion.de Bles, Boven and Homburg (2006), p. 95. Instead it was decided to scuttle her.Jalhay (1982), p. 29.
=German service =
After the surrender of the Netherlands, the German forces were able raise O 8 and found her almost fully intact.Bezemer, K.W.L.; Zij vochten op de zeven zeeën; Uitgeversmaatschappij W. de Haan N.V.; 1954
Germany took O 8 into service as UD-1 and transferred her from Den Helder to Kiel. In Kiel, she was used as training ship to train crews for the German U-boats. Because of her age, she was decommissioned on 23 November 1943. On 3 May 1945, she was scuttled again in the harbour at Kiel.[http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_o8.htm Dutchsubmarines.com O 8]
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | last1 = Busch | first1 = Rainer | last2 = Röll | first2 = Hans-Joachim | translator-last = Brooks | translator-first = Geoffrey | title = German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary | publisher = Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press | location = London, Annapolis, Md | year = 1999 | isbn = 1-55750-186-6}}
- {{cite book
|last1=Busch
|first1=Rainer
|last2=Röll
|first2=Hans-Joachim
|title=Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945
|trans-title=German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945
|series=Der U-Boot-Krieg
|volume=IV
|publisher=Mittler
|location=Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn
|year=1999
|isbn=3-8132-0514-2
|language=German
}}
- {{cite book
|last1=Gröner
|first1=Erich
|last2=Jung
|first2=Dieter
|last3=Maass
|first3=Martin
|translator-last1=Thomas
|translator-first1=Keith
|translator-last2=Magowan
|translator-first2=Rachel
|year=1991
|title=German Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels
|volume=2
|location=London
|publisher=Conway Maritime Press
|isbn=0-85177-593-4
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}}
- {{cite book|last1=Jalhay|first1=P.C.|last2=Wijn|first2=J.J.A.|title=Ik nader ongezien! De onderzeeboten van de Koninklijke Marine|year=1997|publisher=De Bataafsche Leeuw|location=Amsterdam|isbn=9067074624}}
- {{cite book |last=von Münching |first=L.L. |date=1978 |title=Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog |language=Dutch|edition= |url= |location=Alkmaar |publisher=De Alk |page= |isbn=90-6013-903-8}}
- {{cite book |last1=de Bles |first1=Harry |last2=Boven |first2=Graddy |last3=Homburg |first3=Leon |date=2006 |title=Onderzeeboten! |language=Dutch|edition= |url= |location=Zaltbommel |publisher=Aprilis |page= |isbn=978-90-5994-130-4}}
- {{cite book |last=Jalhay |first=P.C. |date=1982 |title=Nederlandse Onderzeedienst 75 jaar |language=Dutch |edition= |url= |location=Bussum |publisher=De Boer Maritiem |page= |isbn=90-228-1864-0}}
External links
- [http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=4 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925133745/http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=4 |date=25 September 2015 }}
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Category:British H-class submarines
Category:Ships built in Montreal
Category:World War I submarines of the United Kingdom
Category:Maritime incidents in 1916
Category:Royal Navy ship names
Category:Submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Category:World War II submarines of the Netherlands
Category:Submarines of the Kriegsmarine
Category:U-boats scuttled in 1945
Category:World War II submarines of Germany
Category:World War II shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea
Category:Naval ships of the Netherlands captured by Germany during World War II