H.M.S. L 25 (1919)

H.M.S. L 25 (1919)
Pendant Number:	L.25
Builder:	Vickers
Launched:	13 Feb, 1919
Sold:	1935

H.M.S. L 25 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Completed to full complement on 4 February, 1924.

Brought to full commission on 5 February, 1926 for service with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla. She wqas, by 10 March, under Lieutenant-Commander John G. Sutton, though it is not expressly indicated in his service record.

From at least early 1929 through at least mid-1931, she operated with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.

In early 1933 she was one of three boats in Group M submarines in reserve at Portsmouth, though she is written in the Navy List as L 35.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant & Commander Aubrey C. Newbold, 17 February, 1920 – 1 January, 1921
• Lieutenant (in Command?) Brereton R. Hooper, 1 June, 1920
• Lieutenant in Command Edward M. C. Barraclough, 5 October, 1921 – 19 April, 1923^{[Fact Check]}
• Lieutenant-Commander John H. Owen, 19 April, 1923 – 1 June, 1923
• Lieutenant-Commander Maurice W. Bailward, 4 February, 1924 – 23 April, 1924
• Lieutenant-Commander (I, Du.) Colin Mayers, 24 April, 1924 – 1 September, 1924
• Lieutenant-Commander Edward M. Loly, 1 September, 1924 – 3 April, 1925
• Commander James L. Boyd, 13 February, 1926 – 24 March, 1926  (temporary)
• Lieutenant-Commander Andrew L. Besant, 15 December, 1926 – 1 September, 1927
• Lieutenant-Commander Edward M. Loly, 1 September, 1927 – 21 May, 1928
• Lieutenant-Commander Thomas I. S. Bell, 21 May, 1928 – 15 November, 1929
• Lieutenant-Commander Lionel H. Phillips, 11 February, 1929 – 21 February, 1929  (temporary, during Bell's illness)
• Lieutenant-Commander Reginald R. Helbert, 15 November, 1929 – 15 May, 1930
• Lieutenant-Commander Herbert C. Dains, 15 May, 1930 – 26 November, 1930
• Lieutenant-Commander (I, Sh.) David E. G. Wemyss, 26 November, 1930 – 1 July, 1931
• Lieutenant-Commander Hugo M. C. Ionides, 25 August, 1932  (and 2 other boats in Group M at Portsmouth)
• Lieutenant-Commander Robert W. Peers, 1 January, 1935

See Also

• Wikipedia