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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''H 8''''' was one of 44 submarines of the [["H" Class Submarine (1915)|"H" class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''H 8''''' was one of forty-four [["H" Class Submarine (1915)|"H" class submarines]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1910s.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
In February 1917, H 8 commenced carrying out experiments with being towed in a completely submerged state by "Q" ship sloop Q 12.  The tests were suspended when Q 12 was lost to a torpedo in the Irish Sea on 1 May.{{UKTH1|p. 13}}
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In February 1917, ''H 8'' commenced carrying out experiments with being towed in a completely submerged state by "Q" ship sloop ''Q 12''.  The tests were suspended when ''Q 12'' was lost to a torpedo in the Irish Sea on 1 May.{{UKTH1|p. 13}}
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In May or June 1918, her battery was flooded.  Lieutenant in Command [[Charles Arthur Campbell Russell|Russell]] was blamed for failures in training and procedure in the event.<ref>Russell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/49.|}} f. 49.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Godfrey Herbert|nick=Godfrey Herbert|appt=19 April, 1916|end=27 April, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ronald Adair Trevor|nick=Ronald A. Trevor|appt=30 October, 1916|end=30 April, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Charles Arthur Campbell Russell|nick=Charles A. C. Russell|appt=30 April, 1918<ref>Russell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/49.|}} f. 49.</ref>|end=11 October, 1918<ref>Russell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/49.|}} f. 49.</ref>}}
 
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==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 17:17, 8 August 2022

H.M.S. H 8 (1915)
Pendant Number: H.8[1]
Builder: Canadian Vickers[2]
Ordered: Nov, 1914[3]
Launched: 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1915[5]
Sold: Nov, 1921[6]

H.M.S. H 8 was one of forty-four "H" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy in the 1910s.

Service

In February 1917, H 8 commenced carrying out experiments with being towed in a completely submerged state by "Q" ship sloop Q 12. The tests were suspended when Q 12 was lost to a torpedo in the Irish Sea on 1 May.[7]

In May or June 1918, her battery was flooded. Lieutenant in Command Russell was blamed for failures in training and procedure in the event.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 87.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  5. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  7. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  8. Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/49. f. 49.
  9. Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/49. f. 49.
  10. Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/49. f. 49.

Bibliography


"H" Class Submarine
Group 1
H 1 H 2 H 3 H 4 H 5
H 6 H 7 H 8 H 9 H 10
Group 2
H 11 H 12 H 13 H 14 H 15
H 16 H 17 H 18 H 19 H 20
Group 3
H 21 H 22 H 23 H 24 H 25
H 26 H 27 H 28 H 29 H 30
H 31 H 32 H 33 H 34 H 41
H 42 H 43 H 44 H 47 H 48
  H 49 H 50 H 51 H 52  
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