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|launch=23 Sep, 1918{{Conways1906|p. 93}}
 
|builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 93}}
 
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|pend=L.20{{DittColl|pp. 82, 90}}
 
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''L 20''''' was one of 35 submarines of the [["L" Class Submarine (1917)|"L" class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''L 20''''' was one of thirty-five [["L" Class Submarine (1917)|"L" class submarines]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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Commissioned 1 January, 1924.  In 1925, she was part of {{UK-SF|4}} on the [[China Station]],{{NLApr25|p. 250}} remaining there until at least early 1929.{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}
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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 {{LCommRN}} [[Eric Philip Arthur Brooks]].{{NLJul31|p. 250}}
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She remained so disposed until at least early 1933, though the officer in command changed.{{NLJan33|p. 250}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril George Bucknill Coltart|nick=Cyril G. B. Coltart|appt=17 October, 1918{{NLJan21|p. 799}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril George Bucknill Coltart|nick=Cyril G. B. Coltart|appt=17 October, 1918{{NLJan21|p. 799}}|end=February, 1921|precBy=New Command}}
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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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Laugham Noakes|nick=Arthur L. Noakes|appt=1923{{INF}}|end=February, 1924}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William Derek Stephens|nick=William D. Stephens|appt=9 February, 1924{{NLFeb26|p. 250}}|end=January, 1926}}
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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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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_L20}}
 
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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


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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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