WWI U-boats

U 8

 

Type

U 5

Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel  (Werk 150)
Ordered 8 Apr 1908 Laid down 19 May 1909 
Launched 14 Mar 1911 Commissioned 18 Jun 1911 
Commanders
1 Aug 1914 - 31 Aug 1914   Konrad Gansser
1 Sep 1914 - 4 Mar 1915   Alfred Stoß
Career 1 patrols
1 Aug 1914 - 4 Mar 1915 I Flotilla
Successes5 ships sunk for a total of 15,049 tons. 
Fate 4 Mar 1915 - Trapped in nets, forced to surface and scuttled under gunfire from HMS Gurkha and Maori at position 50.56N, 01.15E..  

See the 5 ships hit by U 8


There was another U 8 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 16 Jul 1935 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 5 Aug 1935. Take a look at the U 8 from WWII.

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