HMS K8
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS K8 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 28 June 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 6 March 1917 |
| Fate: | Sold 11 October 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | K class submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,980 long tons (2,010 t) surfaced 2,566 long tons (2,607 t) submerged |
| Length: | 339 ft (103 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draught: | 20 ft 11 in (6.38 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Brown-Curtis or Parsons geared steam turbines, 10,500 shp (7.8 MW) each 2 × Oil-fired Yarrow boilers 4 × Electric motors, 1,440 hp (1070 kW) each 1 × Vickers diesel generator for charging batteries on the surface, 800 hp (600 kW) 2 × 3-blade 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) diameter screws |
| Speed: | 24 knots (28 mph; 44 km/h) surfaced 8 knots (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | Surfaced: 800 nmi (1,500 km) at 24 kn (44 km/h) 12,500 nmi (23,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) Submerged: 8 nmi (15 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) 40 nmi (74 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | 59 (6 officers and 53 ratings) |
| Armament: | • 8 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes, (4 beam, 4 bow), 8 spare torpedoes • 2 × 4 in (100 mm) guns • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun |
HMS 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.
References
- Robert Hutchinson, Submarines, war beneath the waves, from 1776 to the present day