HMS K8
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| 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-in-Furness. She was laid down on 28 June 1915 and was commissioned on 6 March 1917. K8 was sold on 11 October 1923.
[edit] References
- Submarines, war beneath the waves, from 1776 to the present day by Robert Hutchinson
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