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U-8

Type

IIB

 
Ordered20 Jul, 1934
Laid down 25 Mar, 1935 Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 542)
Launched16 Jul, 1935
Commissioned5 Aug, 1935Kptlt. Harald Grosse
Commanders
13 Aug, 1935 - 3 Nov, 1936   Harald Grosse
24 Jun, 1938 - 5 Sep, 1939   Georg Peters
2 Sep, 1938 - 29 Oct, 1938  Kptlt. Otto Schuhart (Knights Cross)
6 Sep, 1939 - 13 Oct, 1939   Wolf-Harro Stiebler
14 Oct, 1939 - 30 Nov, 1939  Kptlt. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (Knights Cross)
1 Dec, 1939 - 4 May, 1940   Georg-Heinz Michel
5 May, 1940 - 7 Jun, 1940  Kptlt. Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat (Knights Cross)
5 Jun, 1940 - 9 Jun, 1940   Heinz Stein
10 Jun, 1940 - 6 Jul, 1940   Walter Kell
7 Jul, 1940 - 28 Jul, 1940   Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche
13 Sep, 1940 - 17 Dec, 1940   Walter Kell
18 Dec, 1940 - 25 Apr, 1941  Kptlt. Heinrich Heinsohn
26 Apr, 1941 - 22 May, 1941  Kptlt. Ulrich Borcherdt
23 May, 1941 - 31 Jul, 1941   Rolf Steinhaus
1 Aug, 1941 - 16 May, 1942   Horst Deckert
17 May, 1942 - 15 Mar, 1943   Rudolf Hoffmann
16 Mar, 1943 - 12 May, 1944  Oblt. Alfred Werner
13 May, 1944 - 24 Nov, 1944  Oblt. Jürgen Iversen
25 Nov, 1944 - 31 Mar, 1945  Oblt. Jürgen Kriegshammer
Career1 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)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 2 May 1945 in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven.

View the 1 war patrol

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.



German U-Boat Losses During World War II
Niestle, Axel

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German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998


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.