HMS L8
| 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 and 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. She was sold on 7 October 1930 to John Cashmore Ltd for scrapping at Newport, Monmouthshire.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- 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.
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