SM UC-8
The UC-8 in Dutch service as HNLMS M 1 | |
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | UC-8 |
| Ordered | November 1914 |
| Builder | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
| Yard number | 52 |
| Launched | 6 July 1915 |
| Commissioned | 5 July 1915 |
| Fate | Grounded on Dutch coast, 4 November 1915; interned |
| Netherlands | |
| Name | M 1 |
| Owner | Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Acquired | 1917 |
| Commissioned | 13 March 1917 |
| Fate | Broken up in 1932 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type UC I submarine |
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| Beam | 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 3.04 m (10 ft) |
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| Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Complement | 14 |
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| Operations: | 1 patrol |
| Victories: | None |
SM UC-8 was a German Type UC I minelayer submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat had been ordered by November 1914 and was launched on 6 July 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 5 July 1915 as SM UC-8. Mines laid by UC-8 in her one patrol are not known to have sunk any ships. UC-8 ran aground on the Dutch coast near Terschelling on 4 November 1915. Interned by the Dutch, UC-8 was purchased and commissioned into the Dutch Navy as HNLMS M 1. The submarine was broken up in 1932.