HMS R8
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HMS R8 was a British R class submarine built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on the 1 November 1917 and launched 28 June 1918. R8 was commissioned on the 26 July 1918. She came too late to see any combat in World War One like most of the other R class submarines. In the Navy List for November 1918 she was based at Donegal. R8 was sold on the 21 February 1923 to E Suren.
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- Submarines, war beneath the waves, from 1776 to the present day. By Robert Hutchinson.
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
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