German submarine U-8 (1935)
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| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
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| Name: | U-8 |
| Ordered: | July 20, 1934 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel, yard 542 |
| Laid down: | March 25, 1935 |
| Launched: | July 16, 1935 |
| Commissioned: | August 5, 1935 |
| Fate: | Scuttled May 2, 1945 in the Raeder Lock at Wilhelmshaven. |
| Class and type: | Type II U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Kriegsmarine: U-Boat Training Flotilla 1st U-boat Flotilla 22nd U-boat Flotilla 24th U-boat Flotilla |
| Identification codes: | M 06 994 |
| Commanders: | Harald Grosse Georg Peters Otto Schuhart Wolf-Harro Stiebler Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock Georg-Heinz Michel Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat Heinz Stein Walter Kell Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche Heinrich Heinsohn Ulrich Borcherdt Rolf Steinhaus Horst Deckert Rudolf Hoffmann Alfred Werner Jürgen Iversen Jürgen Kriegshammer |
| Victories: | No ships sunk or damaged |
German submarine U-8 was a Type IIB U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine, based out of Kiel during World War II. It was one of the smaller versions, and was first launched on July 16, 1935. Its first commander was Harald Grosse. U-8 would have 18 commanders total over the course of its service, the last being Jürgen Kriegshammer.
It was too small to undertake sustained operations far away from the home support facilities and its primary role was found to be in the training schools, preparing new German naval officers for command.
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On May 2, 1945 U-8 was scuttled in the Raeder Lock at Wilhelmshaven.
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Coordinates: 53°31′N 8°10′E / 53.517°N 8.167°E
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