B8

 

Type:
'B' Class

Pennant No.:
I.28

Laid Down:
1903-1905
Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness.

Commissioned:
10th April 1906.
Not known at present.

Commander:
Aug. 1911 - Oct. 1913
Lt. H.H.D. Stoker.
Oct. 1913 - Aug. 1916
Lt. E.E.C. Tufnell.


Complement:
15
2 Officers, 13 Ratings

Service Career:
1906
HMS Thames, Portsmouth Flotilla.
1906 - 1910
HMS Forth, Devonport Flotilla.
1910 - 1911
HMS Forth, 1st Section, Devonport.
1912
Gibraltar.
1915
HMS Adamant, Mediterranean.
Nov. 1915 - 1917
Marco Polo, Adriatic Squadron, Venice.
June 1917
Malta for conversion to patrol boat.
Jan. 1918
Adriatic Force (Gallipoli) As Patrol Boat.

Fate:
Served in the Mediterranean and was also sent to Venice.   Converted to Surface Patrol Craft and renamed 'S8' for service on the Otranto Barrage.

In 1916 B8 was shot at and luckily missed by U-XI ( Ex German UB-15).

Sold 1919.