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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''L 26''''' was one of 35 submarines of the [["L" Class Submarine (1917)|"L" class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''L 26''''' was one of thirty-five [["L" Class Submarine (1917)|"L" class submarines]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''L 26'' was commissioned for trials on 20 July, 1926,{{NLJul34|p. 250}} the last war-built submarine to be commissioned.{{ToL|Lasdt War-Built Submarine|20 July 1926, p. 19}}
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From at least mid-1927{{NLJul27|p. 251}} to at least early 1929, she was with the {{UK-SF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}
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By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the {{UK-SF|2}},{{NLJul31|p. 249}} where she remained until at least mid-1934.{{NLJul34|p. 250}}
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In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10.  Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
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From at least mid 1937 until at least mid-1939, she was with the {{UK-SF|5}}.{{NLJul37|p. 251}}{{NLMay39|p. 303}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''L 26''">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Charles Thornber Roe|nick=Robert C. T. Roe|appt=12 March, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 251}}<ref>Roe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/62.|}} f. 62.</ref>|end=August, 1928<ref>Roe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/62.|}} f. 62.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Duncan de Mussenden Leathes|nick=John D. de M. Leathes|appt=11 August, 1928<ref>Leathes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/146/172.|}} f. 172.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}|end=25 August, 1930<ref>Leathes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/146/172.|}} f. 172.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gilbert Palmer Claridge|nick=Gilbert P. Claridge|appt=25 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 249}}|end=15 August, 1932}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Hugh Lewes|nick=John H. Lewes|appt=15 August, 1932<ref>Lewes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/189.|}} f. 189.</ref>|end=1 January, 1935<ref>Lewes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/189.|}} f. 189.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Witherington Peers|nick=Robert W. Peers|appt=1 January, 1935{{NavAppts|28 Nov. 1934, p. 8}}|end=|note=may have been altered to {{UK-L25}}?}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Philip Arthur Brooks|nick=Eric P. A. Brooks|appt=|end=1 May, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Evelyn Roberts Churchill MacVicker|nick=Evelyn R. C. MacVicker|appt=1 May, 1936|end=4 September, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Kenneth Ramsden Cross|nick=William K. R. Cross|appt=8 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 251}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Woodgate Lipscomb|nick=Frank W. Lipscomb|appt=19 April, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 303}}|end=11 March, 1940{{UBAlly|6632}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Patrick Lainson Field|nick=Patrick L. Field|appt=11 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Bertram de Betham Kershaw|nick=John B. de B. Kershaw|appt=July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=late 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Prendergast Raikes|nick=Richard P. Raikes|appt=late 1940{{UBAlly|2077}}|end=21 February, 1941{{UBAlly|2077}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Stephen Lynch Conway Maydon|nick=Stephen L. C. Maydon|appt=21 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=24 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Michael Beauchamp St. John|nick=Michael B. St. John|appt=24 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=1 October, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner|nick=Geoffrey D. N. Milner|appt=1 October, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=9 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Denys Verschoyle|nick=Henry D. Verschoyle|appt=9 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=7 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Cyril Astell Pardoe|nick=Cyril A. Pardoe|appt=7 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=29 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Denys Verschoyle|nick=Henry D. Verschoyle|appt=29 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=2 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Andrew George Prideaux|nick=Andrew G. Prideaux|appt=2 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=14 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Richard Thomas Sallis|nick=Richard T. Sallis|appt=14 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=21 December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 00:05, 25 February 2022

H.M.S. L 26 (1919)
Pendant Number: L.26[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 29 May, 1919[4]
Sold: 1946[5]

H.M.S. L 26 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

L 26 was commissioned for trials on 20 July, 1926,[6] the last war-built submarine to be commissioned.[7]

From at least mid-1927[8] to at least early 1929, she was with the First Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the Second Submarine Flotilla,[10] where she remained until at least mid-1934.[11]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[12]

From at least mid 1937 until at least mid-1939, she was with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[13][14]

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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 250.
  7. "Lasdt War-Built Submarine." The Times (London, England), 20 July 1926, p. 19.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 250.
  12. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 251.
  14. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 303.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
  16. Roe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/62. f. 62.
  17. Roe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/62. f. 62.
  18. Leathes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/146/172. f. 172.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  20. Leathes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/146/172. f. 172.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  22. Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/189. f. 189.
  23. Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/189. f. 189.
  24. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 28 Nov. 1934, p. 8.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 251.
  26. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 303.
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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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