HMS XE-8 (Expunger)

Type:
X-Craft (Midget Submarine)
Class:
XE-1
Builder:
Thomas Broadbent & Sons
Huddersfield, England
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
December 24, 1943
Launched:
N/A
Keel Laid:
1944
Commissioned:


November 6, 1944
Fate:
On display at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent, England.


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
53' 4"

Engines:

1 Gardner diesel
Beam:
5' 9"
Motors:
1 Keith Blackman
Draft:
5' 2"
Shafts:
1
Pressure Hull
Horsepower
Length:
N/A
Engines:
42
Diameter:
N/A
Motors:
30
Displacement
Speed
Surfaced:
30 tons
Surfaced:
6.5 knots
Submerged:
33.5 tons
Submerged:
5.5 knots
Diving Depth:
N/A
Range
Surfaced:
N/A
Crew:
4
Submerged:
N/A


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Notes
2
explosive charges
attached to sides
weight two tons


Timeline
1952:
Sank under tow 3 miles off Portland, England.
1971:
Wreck located.
1974:
Raised.


Builder's Data
Page published Sept. 18, 2008