German submarine U-8 (1935)

U-9, a typical Type IIB boat
History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-8
Ordered	20 July 1934
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number	542
Laid down	25 March 1935
Launched	16 July 1935
Commissioned	5 August 1935
Fate	Scuttled on 5 May 1945, in the Raeder Lock at Wilhelmshaven.
General characteristics
Class and type	Type IIB coastal submarine
Displacement	279 t (275 long tons) surfaced 328 t (323 long tons) submerged
Length	42.70 m (140 ft 1 in) o/a 27.80 m (91 ft 2 in) pressure hull
Beam	4.08 m (13 ft 5 in) (o/a) 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)
Height	8.60 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught	3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Installed power	700 PS (510 kW; 690 bhp) (diesels) 410 PS (300 kW; 400 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Range	1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 35–43 nmi (65–80 km; 40–49 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	3 officers, 22 men
Armament	3 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines 1 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Service record
Part of:	U-boat School Flotilla 1 September 1935 – 1 August 1939 1 September 1939 – 3 January 1940 U-boat Defense School 4 January – 12 April 1940 1st U-boat Flotilla 13 April – 30 June 1940 24th U-boat Flotilla 1 July – 17 December 1940 22nd U-boat Flotilla 18 December 1940 – 31 March 1945
Identification codes:	M 06 994
Commanders:	Kptlt. Harald Grosse 13 August 1935 – 3 November 1936 Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Georg Peters 24 June 1938 – 5 September 1939 Kptlt. Otto Schuhart 2 September - 29 October 1938 Kptlt. Wolf-Harro Stiebler 6 September - 13 October 1939 Kptlt. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock 14 October - 30 November 1939 Kptlt. Georg-Heinz Michel 1 December 1939 - 4 May 1940 Kptlt. Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat 5 May - 7 June 1940 Lt.z.S. Heinz Stein 5 - 9 June 1940 Oblt.z.S. Walter Kell 10 June - 6 July 1940 Oblt.z.S. Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche 7 - 28 July 1940 Oblt.z.S. Walter Kell 13 September - 17 December 1940 Kptlt. Heinrich Heinsohn 18 December 1940 - 25 April 1941 Kptlt. Ulrich Borcherdt 26 April - 22 May 1941 Oblt.z.S. Rolf Steinhaus 23 May - 31 July 1941 Lt.z.S. / Oblt. Horst Deckert 1 August 1941 - 16 May 1942 Oblt.z.S. Rudolf Hoffmann 17 May 1942 - 15 March 1943 Oblt.z.S.d.R Alfred Werner 16 March 1943 - 12 May 1944 Oblt.z.S. Jürgen Iversen 13 May - 24 November 1944 Oblt.z.S. Jürgen Kriegshammer 25 November 1944 - 31 March 1945
Operations:	1 patrol: a. 19 May – 5 June 1940 b. 5–7 June 1940
Victories:	No ships sunk or damaged

The German submarine U-8 was a Type IIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, based at Kiel during World War II. It was one of the smaller versions, and was first launched on 16 July 1935. Its first commander was Harald Grosse. U-8 would have 18 commanders over the course of its service, the last being Jürgen Kriegshammer.