WWI U-boats

UB 8

Type UB I
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 246)
Ordered 15 Nov 1914
Laid down 4 Dec 1914
Launched
Commissioned 23 Apr 1915
Commanders
23 May 1915 - 15 May 1916 Oblt. Ernst von Voigt
Career 14 patrols
23 May 1915 - 4 Jun 1915 Pola Flotilla
4 Jun 1915 - 25 May 1916 Constantinople Flotilla
Successes1 ship sunk with a total of 19,380 tons. (View ships hit by UB 8)
Fate 25 Feb 1919 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Bizerta in August 1921.

UB 8 was transferred to Bulgaria on May 25, 1916.


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