HMS E8
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HMS E8 was a British E class submarine built at Chatham Dockyard. She was laid down on 30 March 1912 and was commissioned on 18 June 1914. She cost £105,700. During World War I she was part of the British submarine flotilla in the Baltic.
On 23 October 1915, she sunk the 9,050 ton, 3 funnel armoured cruiser Prinz Adalbert 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Libau.
E8 met her fate on 4 April 1918 outside outside Helsinki 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Harmaja Light, Gulf of Finland. She was scuttled by her crew, along with E1, E9, E19, C26, C27, and C35 to avoid seizure by advancing German forces who had landed nearby.
She was then salvaged in August 1953 for breaking in Finland.
[edit] References
- Submarines, War Beneath the Waves, from 1776 to the Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson ISBN 978-0060819002
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