HMS L8

	File:Hms l8 submarine.jpg HMS L8
History
Name	HMS L8
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	28 May 1916
Commissioned	12 March 1918
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 7 October 1930
General characteristics
Class and type	L class submarine
Displacement	list error: <br /> list (help); 890 long tons (904 t) surfaced; 1,074 long tons (1,091 t) submerged
Length	222 ft (68 m)
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help); 17.3 knots (32.0 km/h; 19.9 mph) surfaced; 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range	2,800 nmi (5,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
Complement	35
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help); • 6 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 beam); • 10 × 18 inch torpedoes; • 1 × 4-inch gun

HMS L8 was a British L class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 28 May 1916 and was commissioned on 12 March 1918.

HMS L8 sailed to Hong Kong in 1919. She was then placed in the Reserve Flotilla in Hong Kong. She was sold on 7 October 1930 to John Cashmore Ltd for scrapping at Newport, Monmouthshire.

References

^ ^a ^b "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2010.

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.

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