U-8
Type | IIB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jul, 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 25 Mar, 1935 | Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 542) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 16 Jul, 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 5 Aug, 1935 | Kptlt. Harald Grosse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 1 Sep, 1935 - 1 Aug, 1939 U-Bootschulflottille (school boat) 1 Sep, 1939 - 3 Jan, 1940 U-Bootschulflottille (school boat) 4 Jan, 1940 - 12 Apr, 1940 U-Abwehrschule (school boat) 13 Apr, 1940 - 30 Jun, 1940 1. Flottille (school boat) 1 Jul, 1940 - 17 Dec, 1940 24. Flottille (training) 18 Dec, 1940 - 8 May, 1945 22. Flottille (school boat) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 2 May 1945 in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General notes on this boat
* Kentrat spent time heavily wounded in hospital in Esbjerg, Denmark
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-8 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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There was another U-8 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 14 Mar, 1911 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 18 Jun, 1911. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 8 during WWI.

