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B 8 (I 28)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: B
Fate: Converted to Surface Patrol Craft and renamed 'S8' for service on the Otranto Barrage.

Sold for breaking in 1919.
B8
B8

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Commanders
1913: Lieutenant   Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell

1914: At Gibraltar
Adriatic Squadron, 1915. Marco Polo, Venice.

Served in the Mediterranean and was also sent to Venice.

In 1916 B8 was shot at and luckily missed by U-XI (Ex German UB-15).

Renamed S8 after being converted to a patrol boat.

Events

 23-01-1906   Launched
 10-04-1906   Completed
B Specification
Length overall  142 ft
Beam  12 ft
Draught  11 ft
Displacement   Surface 287 tons
  Submerged 316 tons
Diving Depth  100 ft
Speed  Surface 7 knots (design)
  Surface 6.5 knots (service)
  Submerged 13 to 13.5 knots (design)
  Submerged 12 knots (service)
No. of shafts  1
Propeller  3 blades, 5 ft diameter
Armament  2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried)
Endurance  Surface: 1300 miles at 9 knots (design)
  Surface: 740 miles at full power (service)
  Submerged: 22.5 miles
Complement  2 x Officers, 13 x Ratings
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