H.M.S. L 27 (1919)

H.M.S. L 27 (1919)
Pendant Number:	L.27
Builder:	Vickers
Ordered:	December, 1916
Launched:	14 Jun, 1919
Sold:	1946

H.M.S. L 27 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

From at least mid-1927 to at least early 1929, she was with the Fourth Submarine Flotilla on the China Station.

Completed to full complement at Chatham on 20 January, 1931. By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the Second Submarine Flotilla, where she remained until at least October 1935.

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.

By mid-1937, she was with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander Fitzroy H. D. Byron, 20 June, 1924 – May, 1925  (submarine still being built)
• Lieutenant-Commander John Drinkwater, 1 June, 1925  (commissioned the submarine)
• Lieutenant-Commander John H. Macnair, 25 August, 1926 – 1 August, 1928
• Lieutenant (in Command?) George G. Thyne, March, 1927 – February, 1929^{[Fact Check]}
• Lieutenant-Commander Frank H. E. Skyrme, February, 1929 – October, 1930
• Lieutenant-Commander Frank G. Emley, 2 October, 1930 – 29 December, 1931
• Lieutenant-Commander Roderick L. M. Edwards, 29 December, 1931 – 4 January, 1933^[Inference]
• Lieutenant-Commander Frank G. Hackforth-Jones, 4 January, 1933 – 15 April, 1935
• Lieutenant-Commander (I, Rs) George W. G. Simpson, 15 April, 1935
• Lieutenant-Commander Alan S. Jackson, 12 August, 1936
• Lieutenant in Command William O. Shelford, 7 August, 1938
• Lieutenant in Command Patrick J. Cowell, 24 July, 1939 – 2 February, 1940
• Lieutenant in Command Charles G. Walker, 2 February, 1940 – 29 February, 1940
• Lieutenant in Command Cecil B. Crouch, late February, 1940 – 15 April, 1940
• Lieutenant in Command John D. Martin, 15 April, 1940 – 11 June, 1940
• Lieutenant in Command Robert E. Campbell, 11 June, 1940 – 24 October, 1940
• Lieutenant in Command John S. Huddart, 24 October, 1940 – 11 January, 1941
• Lieutenant in Command Harry N. Edmonds, 11 January, 1941 – 12 August, 1941
• Lieutenant in Command Norman L. A. Jewell, 12 August, 1941 – 2 January, 1942
• Lieutenant-Commander Richard M. E. Pain, 2 January, 1942 – mid 1942^[Inference]
• Lieutenant in Command Geoffrey D. N. Milner, 11 July, 1942 – 23 August, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command Walter N. Eade, 23 August, 1942 – 13 October, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command Tobin S. Weston, 13 October, 1942 – 18 October, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command Walter N. Eade, 18 October, 1942 – 11 April, 1943
• Lieutenant in Command Robert G. P. Bulkeley, 11 April, 1943 – 17 April, 1943
• Lieutenant in Command Walter N. Eade, 17 April, 1943 – 24 April, 1943
• Lieutenant in Command Robert G. P. Bulkeley, 24 April, 1943 – 3 May, 1943
• Lieutenant-Commander Walter N. Eade, 3 May, 1943 – 30 May, 1943
• Lieutenant in Command Robert G. P. Bulkeley, 30 May, 1943 – 23 August, 1943
• Lieutenant in Command Marcel I. Usher, 23 August, 1943 – c. early 1944
• Lieutenant in Command James N. Elliott, 28 April, 1944 – September, 1944
• Temporary Lieutenant S.A.N.F.(V) Allan H. MacCoy, September, 1944 – late 1944

See Also

• Wikipedia