SM U-8
Introduction '''SM ''U-8''''' was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.
Service history ''U-8'' was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.===Fate===Trapped in nets, forced to surface and scuttled under gunfire from  and , in the English Channel, at position .In June 2015 the submarine's propeller, which had been illegally removed from the wreck, was recovered and presented to the German Navy. It will be exhibited at the Laboe Naval Memorial near Kiel. In July 2016 the wreck of ''U-8'' was officially designated as a protected site. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.
Summary of raiding history DateShip NameNationalityTonnage(GRT)Fate23 February 1915''Branksome Chine''2,026Sunk23 February 1915''Oakby''1,976Sunk24 February 1915''Harpalion''5,867Sunk24 February 1915''Rio Parana''4,015Sunk24 February 1915''Western Coast''1,165SunkNote the upper rudder on the deck
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External links *  'U-8 Off South Varne Buoy, English Channel: Undesignated Site Assessment'*  Historic England project to research First World War Submarines *