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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''B 8''''' was one of 11 submarines of the [["B" Class Submarine (1904)|"B" class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''B 8''''' was one of eleven [["B" Class Submarine (1904)|"B" class coastal submarines]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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By March 1915, the submarine had joined three other "B" class boats in the [[Mediterranean Submarine Flotilla]].
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In October, she left with {{UK-B7}} and {{UK-B9}} to the [[British Adriatic Squadron]].  At a time when it coastal submarines were enjoying ever-less utility, the Adriatic was well-suited to operations by such handy boats.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=George Wyatt Edgell Naper|nick=George W. E. Naper|appt=1 January, 1909{{NLMar11|p. 317}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Reginald Denys Crowther|nick=William R. D. Crowther|appt=10 May, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 318}}|end=6 January, 1909|note=and for instruction of Officers and Men}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Henry Hugh Gordon Dacre Stoker|nick=Henry H. G. D. Stoker|appt=14 August, 1911{{NLJan12|p. 296}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Wyatt Edgell Naper|nick=George W. E. Naper|appt=1 January, 1909{{NLMar11|p. 317}}|end=1 August, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Hugh Gordon Dacre Stoker|nick=Henry H. G. D. Stoker|appt=25 July, 1911|end=October, 1913}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell|nick=Eric E. C. Tufnell|appt=October, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 298}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell|nick=Eric E. C. Tufnell|appt=October, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 298}}|end=18 August, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Kenneth Michell|nick=Kenneth Michell|appt=18 August, 1916|end=October, 1916}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 21:28, 18 June 2020

H.M.S. B 8 (1906)
Pendant Number: I.28 (1914)
B.8 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Launched: 23 Jan, 1906[3]
Sold: 1919[4]

H.M.S. B 8 was one of eleven "B" class coastal submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

By March 1915, the submarine had joined three other "B" class boats in the Mediterranean Submarine Flotilla.

In October, she left with B 7 and B 9 to the British Adriatic Squadron. At a time when it coastal submarines were enjoying ever-less utility, the Adriatic was well-suited to operations by such handy boats.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 82.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
  6. The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 317.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 298.

Bibliography


"B" Class Submarine
B 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 B 5
  B 6 B 7 B 8  
  B 9 B 10 B 11  
<– "A" Class Submarines (UK) "C" Class –>