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L Class Submarines. Displacement:
891 tons on the surface, 1074 tons submerged. Speed: on the surface
10 knots, Range 3,800 miles. Compliment: 35 Armament:
Six 18-inch Torpedo Tubes, 4 of which were in the bow and 2
Beam. carried 10 Torpedo's. One 4 -inch Gun L9
to L49. Armament varied slightly. Four 21 - inch Torpedo Tubes all
in the bow. and carried 8 torpedo's and Two 18-inch Tubes in the beam and
carried two torpedo's/ Submarines used for mine laying. had 4Four 21-inch Torpedo
Tubes all in the bow and carried 14 to 16 mines. compliment increased to
38. L50 onwards.
changed with the
following: Displacement: 960 tons surfaced. 1150 tons submerged. Range 4,800 miles, surface
speed 8 knots. CREW: 44 Armament: Six
21-inch Torpedo Tubes in Bow carrying 12 torpedoes, and two 4-inch
QF guns each end of conning tower After
two years of the war the admiralty realised its need for better
submarines, to replace the E class which was now six years old. They
reverted to the saddle tank design but with better machinery gave it
better speeds. The first L class L1, and L2, were E57 and E58
which were initially going to be extended E class boats, but became the prototypes
for the L class. |
L1 (ex E57) |
Built By Vickers 1917 |
Scrapped in 1930 |
L2 (ex E58) |
Built By Vickers 1917 |
Scrapped 1930 |
L3 |
Built by Vickers 1917 |
Scrapped 1931 |
L4 |
Built by Vickers 1917 |
Scrapped February 1932 |
L5 |
Swan Hunter 26/1/1918 |
Involved in a collision with a dredger in 1929. Scrapped 1931. |
L6 |
Beardmore 14/1/1918 |
Scrapped 1935 |
L7 |
Cammell Laird 24/4/1917 |
Scrapped 1930 |
L8 |
Cammell Laird 7/7/1917 |
Scrapped October 1930 |
L9 |
Denny 29/1/1918 |
Broken Up June 1927 |
L10 |
Denny 24th January 1918 |
Sunk by Destroyer 30th October 1918 |
L11 |
Vickers 26th February 1918 |
Broken Up February 1932 |
L12 |
Vickers 16th March 1918 |
Broken Up February 1932 |
L14 |
Vickers 10th June 1918 |
Broken Up May 1934 |
L15 |
Fairfield 16th January 1918 |
Broken Up February 1932 |
L16 |
9th April 1918 |
Broken Up February 1934 |
L17 |
Vickers 13th May 1918 |
Broken Up February 1934 |
L18 |
Vickers 21st November 1918 |
Broken Up October 1936 |
L19 |
Vickers 4th February 1919 |
Broken Up 1937 |
L20 |
Vickers 23rd September 1918 |
Broken Up January 1935 |
L21 |
Vickers 11th October 1919 |
Broken Up February 1939 |
L22 |
Vickers 25th October 1919 |
Broken Up August 1935 |
L23 |
1st July 1919 |
Lost in May 1946. |
L24 |
Vickers 19th February 1919 |
Sunk in collision with HMS Resolution, 14th January 1924 |
L25 |
Vickers 13th February 1919 |
Broken Up 1935 |
L26 |
29th May 1919 |
Used as a target and sunk on 25th September
1946 |
L27 |
14th June 1919 |
Sold in Canada 1946. |
L33 |
29th May 1919 |
Sold 1932 |
L52 |
18th December 1918 |
Broken Up 1935 |
L53 |
12th August 1919 |
Broken Up 1938 |
L54 |
20th August 1919 |
Broken Up 1938 |
L55 |
21st September 1918 |
Sunk 9th June 1919 |
L56 |
29th May 1919 |
Broken Up March 1938 |
L69 |
6th December 1918 |
Broken Up February 1939 |
L71 |
17th May 1919 |
Broken Up March 1938 |
The burial at sea of
A. B. Cook on board HMS Cyclops, off Malta, Thursday 2nd February
1928. possible crew member of a L class Submarine click for details |
L 1 |
L1 passing HMS Hawkins, 1919.
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L 2 |
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L 3 |
L3, 1923.
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L 4 |
L 4, 1923.
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L5, 1923.
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L 6 |
Submarine L6, pictured c.1920.
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Submarine L6, c.1920.
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L 7 |
A photo of the crew of L-7 taken on China Station 1927-1929 on which my great uncle served. He subsequently lost his life with
submarine H-47 sank off the Welsh Coast. Sent in by Sarah Chapman.
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Submarine L7, pictured c.1920
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L 8 |
Submarine L8, pictured c.1920.
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L8, at Wei Hai Wei, c.1927.Contributed
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L 9 |
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L 11 |
L11 pictured c.1920
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L 12 |
Royal Navy submarine L12.
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L12 pictured c.1929 after sinking H49.
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L12.
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L 14 |
Royal Navy submarine L14.
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Submarine L14.
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L 15 |
L 15, 1923.
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L 16 |
L 16.
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L16 From The
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L 17 |
L17 alongside L56, 1921.
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L17, 1921.
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L 18 |
Submarine L18, pictured c.1920
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L18.
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L 19 |
L19, 1923.
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Royal Navy submarine L19, possibly off the Chinese coast. |
HM Submarine L19 pictured c.1930.
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L 20 |
L20, 1930s.
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L20 c.1926.Contributed
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L 21 |
L21
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L21.
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L 22 |
L22 |
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L 23 |
L23, November 1938.
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L 24 |
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L 25 |
Submarine L25, pictured c.1920
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Submarine L25. Submitted by Malcolm Williams. |
William John Stallard. Sent in by his grandson
Malcolm Williams. Thought to have been taken in Southsea around
1920. (note WWI medal). |
L 26 |
L26, November 1937.
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Submarine L26. Contributed
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L 27 |
L27, 1937.
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Submarine L27, pictured c.1930s
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L 33 |
L33From The
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L 52 |
Royal Navy Submarine L. 52 pictured in 1925
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Submarine L52.
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L52. Contributed by Ian Johnson |
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L 53 |
L53 c.1925
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L53 with a depot ship.
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L 54 |
L54, 1937.
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Submarine L54, pictured August 8th 1931.
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L54.
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L 56 |
Royal Navy L Class submarine L56 while at Malta. A
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Submarine L56.
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L56, 1935.
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L56From The
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L 69 |
L69, July 1935.
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Submarine L69.
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L 71 |
L71 laid up with L56, 1938.
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L71, 1929.
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Submarine L71, pictured c.1920.
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L71.
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L class Submarines L23 and L26 with H49 in the
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HMS Titania re-supplying L3, L5, L8 and L19 at Wei Hai Wei in 1921. |