WWI U-boats

UC 8

Type UC I
ShipyardVulcan, Hamburg (Werk 52)
Ordered
Launched 6 Jul 1915
Commissioned 5 Jul 1916
Commanders
5 Jul 1915 - 17 Oct 1915 Oblt. Georg Haag
18 Oct 1915 - 4 Nov 1915 Oblt. Walter Gottfried Schmidt
Career 1 patrol
unknown start - 4 Nov 1915 Flotilla
SuccessesNo successes
Fate 4 Nov 1915 - Ran aground on the Dutch coast in position 52.23N, 05.05E while on passage to Flanders. Interned at Nieuwediep and Alkmaar..

Sold to the Dutch, served as the Dutch submarine M 1. Broken up in 1932.


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