SM U-8

	SM U-8 sinking after being scuttled on March 4, 1915
History
German Empire
Name	U-8
Ordered	8 April 1908
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Cost	2,540,000 Goldmark
Yard number	150
Laid down	19 May 1909
Launched	14 March 1911
Commissioned	18 June 1911
Fate	Trapped in nets, forced to surface and scuttled under gunfire from HMS Gurkha and Maori at position 50°56′N 01°16′E / 50.933°N 1.267°E on 4 March 1915
General characteristics
Class & type	German Type U 5 submarine
Displacement	505 t (497 long tons) surfaced; 636 t (626 long tons) submerged;
Length	57.30 m (188 ft) (o/a); 43.10 m (141 ft 5 in) (pressure hull);
Beam	5.60 m (18 ft 4 in) (o/a); 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) (pressure hull);
Draught	3.55 m (11 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × Körting 6-cylinder and 2 × Körting 8-cylinder two stroke paraffin motors with 900 PS (660 kW; 890 shp); 2 × SSW electric motors with 1,040 PS (760 kW; 1,030 shp); 550 rpm surfaced; 600 rpm submerged;
Speed	13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) surfaced; 10.2 knots (18.9 km/h; 11.7 mph) submerged;
Range	3,300 nmi (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Test depth	30 m (98 ft)
Boats & landing; craft carried	1 dinghy
Complement	4 officers, 25 men
Armament	4 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 each bow and stern) with 6 torpedoes; 1 × 5 cm (2.0 in) SK L/40 gun; 1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss gun;
Service record
Part of:	I Flotilla; 1 August 1914 – 4 March 1915;
Commanders:	Kptlt. Konrad Gansser; 1–31 August 1914; Kptlt. Alfred Stoß; 1 September 1914 – 4 March 1915;
Operations:	1 patrol
Victories:	5 merchant ships sunk; (15,049 GRT)

SM U-8 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.