H.M.S. H 29 (1918)

H.M.S. H 29 (1918)
Pendant Number:	H.29^[1]
Builder:	Vickers^[2]
Ordered:	Jan-Feb, 1917^[3]
Launched:	8 Jun, 1918^[4]
Sold:	Aug, 1935^[5]

H.M.S. H 29 was one of forty-four "H" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy in the 1910s.

Service

At the end of 1920, she was one of four "H" class boats in reserve submarine group "F" at Portland, under the collective command of Lieutenant Andrew L. Besant and tender to Vulcan.

Re-commissioned on 22 May, 1922 for service with the Third Submarine Flotilla.^[6]

Paid off into Dockyard Control on 24 September, 1926.^[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant in Command The Hon. Walter S. Carson, 13 August, 1918 – 18 February, 1919
Lieutenant in Command Arthur L. Pears, 18 February, 1919^[8] – 15 July, 1919^[9]
Lieutenant in Command Reginald F. Morice, 15 July, 1919^[10] – 10 October, 1919^[11]
Lieutenant in Command Henry B. Crane, 14 October, 1919 – November, 1919 (temporary)
Lieutenant & Commander Oliver North, 28 June, 1920 – 2 September, 1921 (for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
Lieutenant in Command Andrew L. Besant, 5 August, 1920^[12] – 3 January, 1921^[13] (and also 3 other "H" class submarines)
Lieutenant-Commander The Hon. Walter S. Carson, 22 May, 1922^[14] – 11 March, 1923
Lieutenant-Commander Brereton R. Hooper, 11 March, 1923 – 5 November, 1924
Lieutenant in Command Wilfred E. Warner, 5 November, 1924^[15] – 3 March, 1925^[16]
Lieutenant in Command Cyril Y. C. Keays, 3 March, 1925^[17] – 2 February, 1926^[18] (his Service Record indicates this is H 24)