H.M.S. H 23 (1918)

H.M.S. H 23 (1918)
Pendant Number:	H.23^[1]
Builder:	Vickers^[2]
Ordered:	Jan-Feb, 1917^[3]
Launched:	29 Jan, 1918^[4]
Commissioned:	Apr, 1918^[5]
Sold:	May, 1934^[6]

H.M.S. H 23 was one of forty-four "H" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy in the 1910s.

Service

From mid-1927, part of the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.^[7]

In early 1929, still part of the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.^[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant in Command Ernest G. Ebblewhite, 20 February, 1918 – April, 1919^[9]
Lieutenant in Command John G. H. Steedman, 10 October, 1919 – early 1920^[10]
Lieutenant in Command Lancelot V. Donne, 3 September, 1920^[11]
Lieutenant & Commander Aubrey C. Newbold, 27 September, 1921 – 27 February, 1922
Lieutenant in Command Brian L. Clark, 27 February, 1922^[12]
Lieutenant-Commander Basil N. Downie, 19 January, 1923 – 19 February, 1924
Lieutenant in Command Thomas E. K. Donaldson, 20 April, 1927^[13]
Lieutenant in Command Hugh V. King, 7 November, 1927^[14]
Lieutenant-Commander Albert M. Chovil, 2 February, 1931^[15]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 88.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 40.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 40.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 243.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 243.
↑ Only year is clearly legible in Service Record.
↑ left when sub reduced
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 782a.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 764.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 243.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 243.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 244.

Bibliography

"H" Class Submarine

Group 1

H 1

H 2

H 3

H 4

H 5

H 6

H 7

H 8

H 9

H 10

Group 2

H 11

H 12

H 13

H 14

H 15

H 16

H 17

H 18

H 19

H 20

Group 3

H 21

H 22

H 23

H 24

H 25

H 26

H 27

H 28

H 29

H 30

H 31

H 32

H 33

H 34

H 41

H 42

H 43

H 44

H 47

H 48

H 49

H 50

H 51

H 52

<–

"F" Class

Submarines (UK)

"G" Class

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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 88.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.

[3] The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 40.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.

[5] The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 40.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.

[7] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 243.

[8] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 243.

[9] Only year is clearly legible in Service Record.

[10] t when sub reduced

[11] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 782a.

[12] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 764.

[13] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 243.

[14] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 243.

[15] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 244.

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