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O8 submarine (1915/1917)


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O8 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
O8 (ex-H6)   13 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada 1915 12.5.1915 6.1915 // 5.1917 captured by Germany 14.5.1940 (UD1)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t364 / 434
Length, m

45.8 oa

Breadth, m

4.70

Draught, m

3.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

480 / 620

Max speed, kts

13 / 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 16

Endurance, nm(kts)1600(10) / 24(8)
Armament

4 - 450 TT (bow, 8)

Complement

22

Diving depth operational, m50


Standard scale images


<i>O8</i> 1939
O8 1939


Graphics


<i>O8</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
O8 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

British submarine H6 of Holland type (1st series). 18.1.1916 she was interned in the Netherlands after beaching and then sold by British Government to the Netherlands and 7.5.1917 was commissioned by Dutch Navy as O8.

Modernizations

late 1920s: + 1 x 1 - 37/45 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 7.9/80

Naval service

14.5.1940 O8 was captured by German troops at Den Helder and commissioned by Kriegsmarine as UD1; she was stricken and wreck was scuttled 3.5.1945 at Kiel.



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.