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Class O 8 |
Boats in this Class O 8 |
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Class O 8 |
Boats in this Class O 8 |
O 8
| Boat | O 8 |
| Type | Patrol submarine for the Dutch home waters |
| Class name | British navy: H, type H 1. Dutch navy: O 8. Named after first of class. "O" stands for "Onderzeeboot" (submarine). German navy: UD. "U" stands for "Unterseeboot" (submarine). |
| Laid down | 1915 |
| Launched | 12 May or Aug 1915. |
| Completed | 10 June 1915 |
| Commissioned | British Royal Navy : 10 June 1915 Dutch navy : 7 May 1917 German navy : 20 or 21 Nov 1940 |
| Decommissioned | British navy: 4 May 1916 (sold) Dutch navy: 14 May 1940 (scuttled) German navy: 23 Nov 1943 (decommissioned) German navy: 3 May 1945 (scuttled) |
| Fate | 3 May 1945 Scuttled |
| Other names | British navy: H 6 German navy: U-D1 |
| Design | Holland type H class (H 1
type) of the Electric Boat. Design No. 602E Design modified by the British Admiralty. |
| Shipyard | Canadian Vickers & Co., Montreal, Canada |
| Le x Be x Dr | 46.20 m x 4.86 m x 3.87 m |
| Displacement | 368 t / 440 t |
| Engines | Two 8-cylinder Nelseco diesel engines, 4-stroke, 2 x 240 apk. |
| Fuel | 16 t |
| Main motor | 2 General Electric motors/generators, 2 x 160 apk |
| Batteries | 120 cells, 4230 Ah during 3 hours |
| Propellers | 2 |
| Speed surf/subm | 13 kts / 8 kts |
| Range surf/subm | 1600 nm at 10 kts or 1350 nm at 12 kts / 24 nm at 8 kts |
| Diving depth | 40 m. Maximum operational diving depth 61 m |
| Complement | 26 |
| Torpedo tubes | 4 x 18" bow |
| Armament | 8 torpedoes type I 45 and II 45 |
| Guns | 1 x 3.7 cm, 1 x 12.7 mm (possibly Browning, but the Navy did not buy these until the late 1920's) |
| Periscopes | When built: One, operated electrically, stroke 3.55
m 1917: Zeiss, coming from the submarine M 1 |
| Notes | - Single-hull type. 4 main ballast tanks |
Rotating bow cap of O 8, date and place unknown. We have no idea what the advantage of such a feature would be, so please contact us if you have any additional information. The bow cap was removed at an unknown date. (Photo: © Collection Fred Huijgen).
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