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O8 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
O8 (ex-H6)		13	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1915	12.5.1915	6.1915 // 5.1917	captured by Germany 14.5.1940 (UD1)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	364 / 434
Length, m	45.8 oa
Breadth, m	4.70
Draught, m	3.80
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	480 / 620
Max speed, kts	13 / 11
Fuel, t	diesel oil 16
Endurance, nm(kts)	1600(10) / 24(8)
Armament	4 - 450 TT (bow, 8)
Complement	22
Diving depth operational, m	50

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Project history

British submarine H6 of Holland type (1st series). 18.1.1916 she was interned in the Netherlands after beaching and then sold by British Government to the Netherlands and 7.5.1917 was commissioned by Dutch Navy as O8.

Modernizations

late 1920s: + 1 x 1 - 37/45 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 7.9/80

Naval service

14.5.1940 O8 was captured by German troops at Den Helder and commissioned by Kriegsmarine as UD1; she was stricken and wreck was scuttled 3.5.1945 at Kiel.



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.