| Built By: | Vickers (Canada) |
| Build Group: | H1 |
| Fate: | Sold 29th November 1921. |
| 1915: | Lieutenant | B L Johnson (RNR) |
Sponsored by Miss Katie-Bel McGregor. CO was A/Lt. B L Johnson, RNVR, a Canadian from Vancouver, BC 1st Lieut, A/Mate Mr A P Brewster, RN
| 25-06-1915 | Completed |
| 22-03-1916 | H8 struck a stray British mine while dived on patrol off the Dutch coast. Though badly damaged forward, the captain and crew managed to surface the boat and made a safe passage overnight to base at Harwich. |
| 29-11-1921 | Sold for breaking up |
A WWII legend of how a Russian reindeer sailed from the far north to Britain in a submarine had always been written off as one of those hoary old wartime tales
rime Minister Winston Churchill referred to Tirpitz as 'The Beast' and on 25th January 1942 he wrote, The destruction or even the crippling of this ship is the greatest event at this present time. No other target is comparable to it. With these words the seeds were sown for Operation TITLE, an Allied mission to sink Tirpitz.
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A WWII legend of how a Russian reindeer sailed from the far north to Britain in a submarine had always been written off as one of those hoary old wartime tales
rime Minister Winston Churchill referred to Tirpitz as 'The Beast' and on 25th January 1942 he wrote, The destruction or even the crippling of this ship is the greatest event at this present time. No other target is comparable to it. With these words the seeds were sown for Operation TITLE, an Allied mission to sink Tirpitz.
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