HMS D8
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HMS D8 was a British D class submarine built by Chatham Dockyard. D7 was laid down on 14 February 1910, launched 23 September 1911 and was commissioned on 23 March 1912.
D8 fought in the Battle of Heligoland Bight on August 28, 1914 along with sister ships HMS D2 and HMS D3. Then on 18 October 1914, D8 shadowed German hospital ship Ophelia which was judged to be spying and was interned.
D8 was sold on 19 December 1921 to H. Pounds.
[edit] References
- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson
- The Royal Navy Submarine Service, A centennial History, by Antony Preston
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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