German Service
After the surrender of the Netherlands the German forces were able raise the O 8 and found her almost fully intact.
Germany took the O 8 into service as U-D1 and transferred her from Den Helder to Kiel. In Kiel she was used as training ship to train crews for the German U-boats. Because of her old age she was decommissioned on 23 November 1943. On 3 May 1945, she was scuttled in the harbor at Kiel.
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