R8
Experimental Submarine
Type:
R Class
Pennant No.:
R.8
Laid Down:
November 1917
Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness.
Commissioned:
26th July 1918
Not known at present.
Commander:
1920
Lt. V.R.S. Bowlby.
Complement:
22
2 Officers and 20 Ratings.
Service Career:
1918
Platypus Flotilla, HMS Platypus, Killybegs.
1919
6th Flotilla, HMS Dolphin, Portsmouth.
1919
Torpedo School, HMS Forth, Portsmouth.
1920
Group K Reserve Portsmouth.
Fate:
Eight of the class were taken out of service in 1922.
Sold 21st February 1923.
Sold 21st February 1923.