German submarine U-8 (1935)
| History | |
|---|---|
 Nazi Germany | |
| 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 on May 2 1945, in the Raeder Lock at Wilhelmshaven. |
| Class and type | Type II U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Kriegsmarine: U-Boat Training Flotilla 1st U-boat Flotilla 22nd U-boat Flotilla 24th U-boat Flotilla |
| Identification codes: | M 06 994 |
| Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 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 |
The German submarine U-8 was a Type IIB U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine, based at 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 over the course of its service, the last being Jürgen Kriegshammer.
The submarine was too small to undertake sustained operations far away from home support facilities, its primary role was found to be in the training schools, preparing new German naval officers for command.
Fate
U-8 was scuttled in the Raeder Lock at Wilhelmshaven on May 2 1945.
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