HMS K8

Career

Ordered:
Laid down:	28 June 1915
Launched:
Commissioned:	6 March 1917
Decommissioned:
Fate:	Sold 11 October 1923
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	1980 tons surfaced/2566 tons dived
Length:	339 ft (103 m)
Beam:	26 ft 6 in (8.1 m)
Draught:	20 ft 11 in (6.4 m)
Propulsion:	Twin 10 500 shp (7.8 MW) oil-fired Yarrow boilers each powering a Brown-Curtis or Parsons geared steam turbines, Twin 3 blade 7 ft 6 in (2.3 m) screws Four 1440 hp (1.1 MW) electric motors. One 800 hp (600 kW) Vickers diesel generator for charging batteries on the surface.
Speed:	24 knots (44 km/h) surfaced, 8 knots (15 km/h) dived
Range:	Surface: 800 nautical miles (1500 km) at maximum speed, 12500 miles at 10 knots (19 km/h) Dived: 8 nautical miles (15 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h), 40 miles at 4 knots (7 km/h)
Complement:	59 (6 officers and 53 ratings)
Armament:	4 x 18 in (457 mm) beam torpedo tubes, 4 x 18 in (457 mm) bow tubes, plus 8 spare torpedoes, 2 x 4 in (102 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun.

K8 was a British K class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 28 June 1915 and was commissioned on 6 March 1917. K8 was sold on 11 October 1923.