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.
Design
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The 'Group 1' E class boats were armed with four 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, one in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of eight torpedoes were carried. Group 1 boats were not fitted with a deck gun during construction, but those involved in the Dardanelles campaign had guns mounted forward of the conning tower while at Malta Dockyard.[1]
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Crew
E8′s complement was three officers and 28 men.[1]
Service history
When war was declared with Germany on 5 August 1914, E8 was based at Harwich, in the 8th Submarine Flotilla of the Home Fleets.[3]
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On 23 October 1915, E8 sank the 9,050-ton, three-funnel German armoured cruiser Template:SMS in the Baltic Sea Script error: No such module "convert". west of Libau. As the result of this action the submarine's commander, Commander Francis Goodhart, received the Cross of St. George from Tsar Nicholas II.[5] During her time in the Baltic, Aksel Berg, who later became a key figure in Soviet cybernetics, was her liaison officer.[6]
Fate
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E8 was salvaged in August 1953 for breaking up in Finland.
Citations
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- ↑ a b c d e Akerman, P. (1989). Encyclopaedia of British submarines 1901–1955. p.150. Maritime Books. Template:ISBN
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References
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