HMS ''L8'' was a L-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during World War I. The boat survived the war and was sold for

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in 1930.

Design and description

The L-class boats were enlarged and improved versions of the preceding E class. The submarine had a length of overall, a beam of and a mean draft of . They displaced on the surface and submerged. The L-class submarines had a crew of 35 officers and ratings.Gardiner & Gray, p. 93 For surface running, the boats were powered by two 12-cylinder Vickers diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a electric motor. They could reach on the surface and underwater. On the surface, the L class had a range of at . The boats were armed with a total of six 18-inch (45 cm) torpedo tubes. Four of these were in the bow and the remaining pair in broadside mounts. They carried 10 reload torpedoes, all for the bow tubes. They were also armed with a deck gun.Akermann, p. 165

Construction and career

HMS ''L8'' was built by

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, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 28 May 1916 and was commissioned on 12 March 1918. She was based at Falmouth, Cornwall in 1918. ''L8'' was assigned to the

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and in 1919 and sailed to Hong Kong, arriving on 14 April 1920. She was then assigned in the Reserve Flotilla in Hong Kong. She was sold on 7 October 1930 to

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for scrapping at

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:L08 British L-class submarines Ships built on the River Mersey 1917 ships World War I submarines of the United Kingdom Royal Navy ship names