HMS B8

	Sister ship B10 in the Solent, between 1906 and 1912
History
United Kingdom
Name	B8
Ordered	1904–1905 Naval Programme
Builder	Vickers
Cost	£47,000
Launched	23 January 1906
Completed	10 April 1906
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1919
General characteristics
Class and type	B-class submarine
Displacement	287 long tons (292 t) (surfaced); 316 long tons (321 t) (submerged);
Length	142 ft 3 in (43.4 m)
Beam	12 ft 7 in (3.8 m)
Draught	11 ft 2 in (3.4 m)
Installed power	600 bhp (447 kW) petrol; 180 hp (134 kW) electric;
Propulsion	1 × 16-cylinder Vickers petrol engine; 1 × electric motor;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced); 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph) (submerged);
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 8.7 kn (16.1 km/h; 10.0 mph) on the surface
Test depth	100 feet (30.5 m)
Complement	2 officers and 13 ratings
Armament	2 × 18 in (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes

HMS B8 was one of 11 B-class submarines built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1906, she was initially assigned to the Home Fleet, before the boat was transferred to the Mediterranean six years later. After the First World War began in 1914, B8 played a minor role in the Dardanelles Campaign. The boat was transferred to the Adriatic Sea in 1916 to support Italian forces against the Austro-Hungarian Navy. She was converted into a patrol boat in 1917 and was sold for scrap in 1919.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.