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Commissioned 1 January, 1924.  In 1925, she was part of {{UK-SF|4}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLApr25|p. 250}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin Cantlie|nick=Colin Cantlie|appt=March, 1921<ref>Cantlie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>|end=4 August, 1923<ref>Cantlie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin Cantlie|nick=Colin Cantlie|appt=March, 1921<ref>Cantlie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>|end=4 August, 1923<ref>Cantlie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Laugham Noakes|nick=Arthur L. Noakes|appt=1923{{INF}}|end=February, 1924}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Mark Taylor|nick=Thomas M. Taylor|appt=1927{{NLJul27|p. 250}}|end=late 1927}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Herbert Clarence Dains|nick=Herbert C. Dains|appt=14 December, 1927<ref>Dains Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/147/58.|}} f. 58.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}|end=31 March, 1930<ref>Dains Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/147/58.|}} f. 58.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Philip Arthur Brooks|nick=Eric P. A. Brooks|appt=9 February, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 250}}|end=|note=with one other boat in Group "D" at Portsmouth}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Francis Lovell|nick=Arthur E. F. Lovell|appt=25 April, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 250}}|end=|note=with one other boat in Group "D" at Portsmouth}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Cecil Somers Garwood|nick=Robert C. S. Garwood|appt=|end=1 June, 1933{{ToL|Royal Navy|1 June 1933, p. 8}}|note=with one other boat in Group "D" at Portsmouth}}
 
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Latest revision as of 22:53, 17 February 2021

H.M.S. L 20 (1918)
Pendant Number: L.20[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 23 Sep, 1918[4]
Sold: Jan, 1935[5]

H.M.S. L 20 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned 1 January, 1924. In 1925, she was part of Fourth Submarine Flotilla on the China Station,[6] remaining there until at least early 1929.[7]

By mid-1931, she had become one of two "L" class boats in Group "D" Submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth under the collective command of Lieutenant-Commander Eric Philip Arthur Brooks.[8]

She remained so disposed until at least early 1933, though the officer in command changed.[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. 250.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 250.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 250.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799.
  11. ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  12. ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 250.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 250.
  15. ↑ Dains Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/58. f. 58.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  17. ↑ Dains Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/58. f. 58.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 250.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 250.
  20. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 1 June 1933, p. 8.

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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