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SM U-8

{{other ships|German submarine U-8}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}

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|Ship image= SM U-8 sinking after being scuttled on March 4 1915.jpg

|Ship caption=SM U-8 sinking after being scuttled on March 4, 1915

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|Ship country=German Empire

|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|German Empire|naval}}

|Ship name=U-8

|Ship builder=Germaniawerft, Kiel

|Ship original cost=2,540,000 Goldmark

|Ship yard number=150

|Ship ordered=8 April 1908

|Ship laid down=19 May 1909

|Ship launched=14 March 1911

|Ship commissioned=18 June 1911

|Ship fate=Trapped in nets, forced to surface and scuttled under gunfire from {{HMS|Gurkha|1907|6}} and {{HMS|Maori|1909|2}} at position {{coord|50|56|N|01|16|E|region:XA_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} on 4 March 1915

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|Ship class=German Type U 5 submarine

|Ship displacement=*{{convert|505|t|LT|abbr=on|lk=on}} surfaced

  • {{convert|636|t|LT|abbr=on}} submerged

|Ship length=*{{convert|57.30|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (o/a)

|Ship beam=*{{convert|5.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a)

  • {{convert|3.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (pressure hull)

|Ship draught={{convert|3.55|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=*2 shafts

  • 2 × Körting 6-cylinder and 2 × Körting 8-cylinder two stroke paraffin motors with {{convert|900|PS|kW shp
1|abbr=on}}
  • 2 × SSW electric motors with {{convert|1040|PS|kW shp
    • 1|abbr=on}}
  • 550 rpm surfaced
  • 600 rpm submerged

    • |Ship speed=*{{convert|13.4|kn}} surfaced

    • {{convert|10.2|kn}} submerged

    |Ship range={{convert|3300|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|9|kn}}

    |Ship test depth={{convert|30|m|abbr=on}}

    |Ship boats=1 dinghy

    |Ship complement=4 officers, 25 men

    |Ship armament=*4 × {{convert|45|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (2 each bow and stern) with 6 torpedoes

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    |Ship nickname=

    |Ship honours=

    |Ship notes=

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    {{Infobox service record

    |is_ship=yes

    |is_multi=yes

    |partof=*I Flotilla

    • 1 August 1914 – 4 March 1915

    |commanders=*Kptlt. Konrad Gansser{{cite Uboat.net

    |id=83

    |name=Konrad Gansser (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)

    |type=1comm

    |accessdate=13 March 2015}}

    • 1–31 August 1914
    • Kptlt. Alfred Stoß{{cite Uboat.net

    |id=349

    |name=Alfred Stoß

    |type=1comm

    |accessdate=13 March 2015

    }}

    • 1 September 1914 – 4 March 1915

    |operations=1 patrol

    |victories=

    • 5 merchant ships sunk
      ({{GRT|15,049}})

    }}

    SM U-8 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.

    Service history

    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|1907|6}} and {{HMS|Maori|1909|2}}, in the English Channel, at position {{coord|50|56|N|01|16|E|region:XA_type:waterbody_source:dewiki}}.

    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.{{cite news|title=WW1 German U-boat propeller returned|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-33155813|access-date=18 June 2015|work=BBC News|date=16 June 2015}}{{cite web|title=A symbol of friendship and reconcilation(sic)...|url=http://hmcoastguard.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/a-symbol-of-friendship-and-reconcilation.html|publisher=Maritime and Coastguard Agency|access-date=18 June 2015|date=17 June 2015}} In July 2016 the wreck of U-8 was officially designated as a protected site.{{cite news|title=British A3 submarine sunk off Jurassic Coast in 1912 gets protected status|url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/14636155.British_submarine_sunk_off_Jurassic_Coast_gets_protected_status/|access-date=24 July 2016|work=Dorset Echo|publisher=Newsquest Media|date=22 July 2016}} The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.

    Summary of raiding history

    class="wikitable sortable"
    width="160px"|Date

    ! width="150px"|Ship Name

    ! width="140px"|Nationality

    ! width="25px" |Tonnage
    (GRT)

    ! width="120px"|Fate{{cite Uboat.net

    |id=u8

    |name=U 8

    |type=1boat

    |accessdate=19 February 2014

    }}

    align="right"|23 February 1915

    |align="left" |Branksome Chine

    |align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

    |align="right"|2,026

    |align="left" |Sunk

    align="right"|23 February 1915

    |align="left" |Oakby

    |align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

    |align="right"|1,976

    |align="left" |Sunk

    align="right"|24 February 1915

    |align="left" |Harpalion

    |align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

    |align="right"|5,867

    |align="left" |Sunk

    align="right"|24 February 1915

    |align="left" |Rio Parana

    |align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

    |align="right"|4,015

    |align="left" |Sunk

    align="right"|24 February 1915

    |align="left" |Western Coast

    |align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

    |align="right"|1,165

    |align="left" |Sunk

    File:Kaiserliche Marine Postcard of SM U8 in harbour 1909-1915.jpg

    References

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    Bibliography

    {{refbegin}}

    • {{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=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels

    |volume=2

    |series=German Warships 1815–1945

    |location=London

    |publisher=Conway Maritime Press

    |isbn=0-85177-593-4

    |ref=CITEREFGröner1991

    }}

    • {{cite book|last=Rössler|first=Eberhard|title=Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften: U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkriegs, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935–1945 |trans-title=The German Submarines and Their Shipyards: Submarine Construction Until the End of the First World War|volume=I|publisher=Bernard & Graefe

    |location=Koblenz|year=1985|isbn=3-7637-5213-7|language=de}}

    {{refend}}

    {{U-5 class submarines (Germany)}}

    External links

    {{Commons category|SM U 8 (submarine, 1909)}}

    • [https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/u8-off-south-varne-buoy-english-channel-undesignated-site-assessment/ 'U-8 Off South Varne Buoy, English Channel: Undesignated Site Assessment']
    • [https://historicengland.org.uk/news-and-features/first-world-war-home-front/help-research-first-world-war-home-front/first-world-war-submarine-wrecks-project/ Historic England project to research First World War Submarines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624112837/https://historicengland.org.uk/news-and-features/first-world-war-home-front/help-research-first-world-war-home-front/first-world-war-submarine-wrecks-project/ |date=24 June 2016 }}
    • {{NHLE|num=1430265}}

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    Category:Type U 5 submarines

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