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bow. They carried six reload torpedoes for a grand total of a dozen torpedoes. They were equipped with an array of five hydrophones in the bow to allow them to locate and engage targets while submerged.
Construction and career.
HMS "R8" was laid down on 1 November 1917 by Vickers Limited at Barrow-in-Furness, launched on 28 June 1918 and commissioned on 26 July. She came too late to see any combat in World War I, like most of the other R class submarines. In
HMS R8
HMS "R8" was one of 10 R-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. The boat was not completed before the end of the war and was sold for scrap in 1923.
Design and description.
The R-class submarine was designed to meet an Admiralty requirement for a specialised hunter-killer submarine with an emphasis on submerged performance. The boats had a length of overall, a beam of and a mean draft of . They displaced on the surface and