| 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. |
| 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.
| 23-01-1906 | Launched |
| 10-04-1906 | Completed |
| 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 |
Having reported on the sinking of Submarine H29 in Devonport Dockyard in 1926 with several fatalities, on the causes of the accident and the subsequent Courts Martial of the Commanding Officer and the First Lieutenant where both were found guilty of the charges and the First Lieutenant was 'dismissed his ship'.
Robert Wise's screen adaptation of the novel by Commander Edward L. Beach.
Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) is the only survivor when his submarine is sunk by the Japanese cruiser 'Bongo Pete'. Assigned a new command, Richardson becomes obsessed with revenge, ignoring orders to avoid the Japanese Bongo Straits and drilling his crew in manoeuvres designed to destroy Bongo Pete.
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| 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 |
Having reported on the sinking of Submarine H29 in Devonport Dockyard in 1926 with several fatalities, on the causes of the accident and the subsequent Courts Martial of the Commanding Officer and the First Lieutenant where both were found guilty of the charges and the First Lieutenant was 'dismissed his ship'.
Robert Wise's screen adaptation of the novel by Commander Edward L. Beach.
Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) is the only survivor when his submarine is sunk by the Japanese cruiser 'Bongo Pete'. Assigned a new command, Richardson becomes obsessed with revenge, ignoring orders to avoid the Japanese Bongo Straits and drilling his crew in manoeuvres designed to destroy Bongo Pete.
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