H.M.S. L 33 (1919)

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H.M.S. L 33 (1919)
Pendant Number: L.33[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 25 Sep, 1919[4]
Sold: 1932[5]

H.M.S. L 33 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. Lieutenant Geoffrey Healey is listed with her, but not expressly as being "in command."[6]

On 9 March 1926 while under the command of Lt. Lewis B. A. Majendie‎, she collided with the Chinese steamship Yen Sing.[7]

In early 1929, she was still part of Fourth Submarine Flotilla on the China Station. This time Lieutenant Frank Gilbert Hackforth-Jones is listed with her, but not expressly as being "in command."[8]

Paid off into Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1931.[9]

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. (April, 1925). p. 251.
  7. Majendie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/42. f. 42.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  10. Higgins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/313. f. 330.
  11. Higgins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/313. f. 330.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 251.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  16. Emley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/81. f. ?.
  17. Emley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/81. f. ?.

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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