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HMS K8

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steam turbine; this developed 10,500 ship horsepower (7,800 kW) to drive two 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) screws. Submerged power came from four electric motors each producing 350 to 360 horsepower (260 to 270 kW). It was also had an 800 hp (600 kW) diesel engine to be
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displaced 1,800 long tons (1,800 t) when at the surface and 2,600 long tons (2,600 t) while submerged. It had a total length of 338 feet (103 m), a beam of 26 feet 6 inches (8.08 m), and a draught of 20 ft 11 in (6.38 m). The submarine was powered by two
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The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 24 kn (44 km/h) and a submerged speed of 9 to 9.5 kn (16.7 to 17.6 km/h). It could operate at depths of 150 ft (46 m) at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) for 80 nmi (150 km).
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was sold on 11 October 1923. It had a complement of fifty-nine crew members and had a length of 338 feet (103 m).
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Submarines, war beneath the waves, from 1776 to the present day
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used when steam was being raised, or instead of raising steam.
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12,500 nmi (23,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
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2 × 3-blade 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) diameter screws
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800 nmi (1,500 km) at 24 kn (44 km/h)
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40 nmi (74 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h)
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8 nmi (15 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h)
447:Bruce, Anthony; Cogar, William (27 January 2014). 325:boilers each supplying one geared Brown-Curtis or 265:torpedo tubes (4 beam, 4 bow), 8 spare torpedoes 214:8 knots (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) submerged 529: 472: 470: 426:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. 8: 795:List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy 480:Amazing & Extraordinary Facts Steam Age 536: 522: 514: 412: 410: 408: 406: 338:was armed with ten 18-inch (460 mm) 128:2,566 long tons (2,607 t) submerged 367: 125:1,980 long tons (2,010 t) surfaced 388:, no. 49, US Navy, archived from 20: 375: 373: 371: 350:. Its torpedo tubes were four in the 32: 7: 790:List of submarines of the Royal Navy 483:. David & Charles. p. 145. 211:(28 mph; 44 km/h) surfaced 164:2 × Brown-Curtis or Parsons geared 154:20 ft 11 in (6.38 m) 380:Whitman, Edward C. (Winter 2013), 313:Officers and crew HMS K8 submarine 146:26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) 14: 816:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness 268:2 × 4 in (100 mm) guns 33: 192:on the surface, 800 hp (600 kW) 477:Holland, Julian (1 May 2012). 271:1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun 251:59 (6 officers and 53 ratings) 1: 450:Encyclopedia of Naval History 358:was fifty-nine crew members. 346:, and a 3-inch (76 mm) 171:2 × Oil-fired Yarrow boilers 342:, two 4-inch (100 mm) 16:Submarine of the Royal Navy 847: 821:British K-class submarines 545:British K-class submarines 453:. 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Index

RN Ensign
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness
K class
submarine
steam turbines
Electric motors
Vickers
diesel generator
batteries
knots
18 inch (450 mm)
British K class submarine
Vickers
Barrow-in-Furness

Yarrow Shipbuilders
Parsons
torpedo tubes
deck guns
anti-aircraft gun
bows
complement



"K for Katastrophe"
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