HMS H8

HMS H8 was a British H-class submarine built by the Canadian Vickers Co., Montreal. She was laid down on 19 May 1915 and commissioned in June 1915.
Like other Canadian-built submarines, she was sailed across the Atlantic for service in the North Sea and as recognition of this she initially remained under the command of her Canadian captain, Lieutenant-Commander B. L. Johnson, R.N.R. with a largely reserve crew. HMS H8 was sold on 29 November 1921 in Arbroath.

Design

She had a displacement of at the surface and while submerged. Her total length was, with a beam of and a draught of.
Her two diesel engines provided a total power of and her two electric motors provided power which gave the submarine a maximum surface speed of and a submerged speed of. She would normally carry of fuel and had a maximum capacity of and a range of. The boat was armed with a Hotchkiss quick-firing gun and four bow torpedo tubes with six torpedoes carried. The complement was twenty-two crew members.