HMS L8

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Career

Name:	HMS L8
Builder:	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down:	28 May 1916
Commissioned:	12 March 1918
Fate:	Sold for scrapping, 7 October 1930
General characteristics
Class & type:	L class submarine
Displacement:	890 long tons (904 t) surfaced 1,074 long tons (1,091 t) submerged^[1]
Length:	222 ft (68 m)
Beam:	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed:	17.3 knots (32.0 km/h; 19.9 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range:	2,800 nmi (5,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced^[1]
Complement:	35
Armament:	• 6 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 beam) • 10 × 18 inch torpedoes • 1 × 4-inch gun

HMS L8 was a British L class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 28 May 1916 and was commissioned on 12 March 1918.

HMS L8 sailed to Hong Kong in 1919. She was then placed in the Reserve Flotilla in Hong Kong before being sold on 7 October 1930 and scrapped in Newport, Monmouthshire.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2010.

Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.

v t e British L-class submarine

L1 class	L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8

L9 class	L9 L10 L11 L12 L14 L15 L16 L17 L18 L19 L20 L21 L22 L23 L24 L25 L26 L27 L33

L50 class	L52 L53 L54 L55 L56 L69 L71

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