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==Service==
 
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In 1925, she was part of {{UK-SF|4}} on the [[China Station]].  A Lieutenant [[Thomas Eric Kirwan Donaldson]] is listed with her, but not expressly as being "in command".{{NLApr25|p. 250}}
 
In 1925, she was part of {{UK-SF|4}} on the [[China Station]].  A Lieutenant [[Thomas Eric Kirwan Donaldson]] is listed with her, but not expressly as being "in command".{{NLApr25|p. 250}}
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She re-commissioned on 27 March, 1925 and in August, [[Henry Berwick Crane]] was placed in command.{{NLFeb26|p. 250}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cornelius Octavius Regnart|nick=Cornelius O. Regnart|appt=1 February, 1918|end=12 February, 1918|precBy=New Command}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Aislabie Powell|nick=Thomas A. Powell|appt=7 March, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 799}}|end=1 July, 1921<ref>Month is perhaps wrong (legibility).</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Kerr (b)|nick=Thomas Kerr|appt=12 February, 1918<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/246.|}} f. 248.</ref>|end=7 March, 1919<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/246.|}} f. 248.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Aislabie Powell|nick=Thomas A. Powell|appt=7 March, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 799}}|end=1 July, 1921}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Hely Owen|nick=John H. Owen|appt=1 July, 1921<ref>Owen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/716.|}} f. 717.</ref>|end=April, 1922<ref>Owen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/716.|}} f. 717.</ref>|note=and three other "L class boats under C. & M. party care}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Patrick Spencer John Ponsonby|nick=Patrick S. J. Ponsonby|appt=6 January, 1922|end=10 July, 1922|note=died in Hong Kong of pneumonia}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Patrick Spencer John Ponsonby|nick=Patrick S. J. Ponsonby|appt=6 January, 1922|end=10 July, 1922|note=died in Hong Kong of pneumonia}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Berwick Crane|nick=Henry B. Crane|appt=10 August, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 250}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Berwick Crane|nick=Henry B. Crane|appt=10 August, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 250}}|end=}}
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Latest revision as of 00:58, 16 September 2021

H.M.S. L 8 (1917)
Pendant Number: L.8[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Ordered: May, 1916[3]
Launched: 7 Jul, 1917[4]
Commissioned: Mar, 1918[5]
Sold: Oct, 1930[6]

H.M.S. L 8 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In 1925, she was part of Fourth Submarine Flotilla on the China Station. A Lieutenant Thomas Eric Kirwan Donaldson is listed with her, but not expressly as being "in command".[7]

She re-commissioned on 27 March, 1925 and in August, Henry Berwick Crane was placed in command.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 90.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
  5. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 40.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 250.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 250.
  9. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/246. f. 248.
  10. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/246. f. 248.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799.
  12. ↑ Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/716. f. 717.
  13. ↑ Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/716. f. 717.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 250.

Bibliography


"L" Class Submarine
L 1 Group
  L 1 L 2 L 3 L 4  
  L 5 L 6 L 7 L 8  
L 9 Group
L 9 L 10 L 15 L 16 L 18
L 19 L 20 L 21 L 22 L 23
L 24 L 26 L 27 L 32 L 33
L 9 Group Minelayers
L 11 L 12 L 14 L 17 L 25
L 50 Group
L 52 L 53 L 54 L 55 L 56
  L 69 L 71  
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