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Revision as of 16:19, 8 June 2013
The Royal Navy's "L" Class Submarines were completed between November, 1917 and some well after the war.[1]
| Overview of 35 vessels | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| L 1 | Vickers | Apr, 1916 | 10 May, 1917 | Sold 1930 | |
| L 2 | Vickers | Apr, 1916 | 6 Jul, 1917 | Sold 1930 | |
| L 3 | Vickers | 1 Sep, 1917 | Sold 1931 | ||
| L 4 | Vickers | 17 Nov, 1917 | Sold Feb, 1934 | ||
| L 5 | Swan Hunter | 26 Jan, 1918 | Sold 1931 | ||
| L 6 | Beardmore | 14 Jan, 1918 | Sold 1935 | ||
| L 7 | Cammell Laird | 24 Apr, 1917 | Sold 1930 | ||
| L 8 | Cammell Laird | 7 Jul, 1917 | Sold Oct, 1930 | ||
| L 9 | Denny | 29 Jan, 1918 | Sold Jun, 1927 | ||
| L 10 | Denny | 24 Jan, 1918 | Sunk 30 Oct, 1918 | ||
| L 15 | Fairfield | 16 Jan, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1932 | ||
| L 16 | Fairfield | 9 Apr, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1934 | ||
| L 18 | Vickers | 21 Nov, 1918 | Sold Oct, 1936 | ||
| L 19 | Vickers | 4 Feb, 1918 | Sold 1937 | ||
| L 20 | Vickers | 23 Sep, 1918 | Sold Jan, 1935 | ||
| L 21 | Vickers | 11 Oct, 1919 | Sold Feb, 1939 | ||
| L 22 | Vickers | 25 Oct, 1919 | Sold Aug, 1935 | ||
| L 23 | Vickers | 1 Jul, 1919 | Sold 1946 | ||
| L 24 | Vickers | 19 Feb, 1919 | Collision 14 Jan, 1924 | ||
| L 26 | Vickers | 29 May, 1919 | Sold 1946 | ||
| L 27 | Vickers | 14 Jun, 1919 | Sold 1946 | ||
| L 32 | Vickers | 23 Aug, 1919 | Sold Mar, 1920 | ||
| L 33 | Swan Hunter | 25 Sep, 1919 | Sold 1932 | ||
| L 11 | Vickers | 26 Feb, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1932 | ||
| L 12 | Vickers | 16 Mar, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1932 | ||
| L 14 | Vickers | 10 Jun, 1918 | Sold May, 1934 | ||
| L 17 | Vickers | 13 May, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1934 | ||
| L 25 | Vickers | 13 Feb, 1919 | Sold 1935 | ||
| L 52 | Armstrong | 18 Dec, 1918 | Sold 1935 | ||
| L 53 | Armstrong | 12 Aug, 1919 | Sold 1938 | ||
| L 54 | Denny | 20 Aug, 1919 | Sold 1938 | ||
| L 55 | Fairfield | 21 Sep, 1918 | Dec, 1918 | Sunk 9 Jun, 1919 | |
| L 56 | Fairfield | 29 May, 1919 | Sold Mar, 1938 | ||
| L 69 | Beardmore | 6 Dec, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1939 | ||
| L 71 | Scott | 17 May, 1919 | Sold Mar, 1938 | ||
Radio
By war's end, all boats of "E" class and later were given 3 kilowatt Poulsen wireless sets, affording ranges of 200 miles submarine-to-submarine, and 300-400 miles between shore stations and submarines. Reception of shore stations of 400 miles was common, and high power shore stations could be received over 500-600 miles.[2]
Torpedoes
L 1 Group:
- six 18-in tubes (4 forward, 2 broadside), ten torpedoes
L 9 Group:
- four 21-in bow, eight torpedoes
- two 18-in broadside, two torpedoes
L 9 Group Minelayers:
- four 21-in bow
- 16 mines (only 14 in L 25)
L 50 Group:
- six 21-in forward, 12 torpedoes
Guns
Initially, L 1:
- one 3-in H.A. gun on disappearing mounting
Initially, L 2 to L 8:
- unknown (varied)
Eventually, all L 1 Group
- one 4-in
L 9 Group:
- one 4-in gun on foredeck or on bridge (allegedly from L 12 onward, but one source indicates L 9)[3]
L 50 Group:
- two 4-in Q.F. on bridge level
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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| 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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