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==Service==
==Service==
Completed to full complement on 1 June, 1923.  In 1925, she was part of {{UK-SF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 251}}
Completed to full complement on 1 June, 1923.   
 
On 23 November, 1923, a Court of Enquiry determined that the sub's Lt. Cdr. [[Frank Delamain Morris|Frank D. Morris]] was to blame for a collision with {{UK-L21}}.
 
In 1925, she was part of {{UK-SF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 251}}


Brought to full commission on 4 March, 1927.  In mid-1927 she was with the {{UK-SF|5}} temporarily,{{NLJul27|p. 251}} buy by early 1929, she was with the {{UK-SF|2}}.{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}
Brought to full commission on 4 March, 1927.  In mid-1927 she was with the {{UK-SF|5}} temporarily,{{NLJul27|p. 251}} buy by early 1929, she was with the {{UK-SF|2}}.{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}
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By early 1933, she was one of three "L" class boats comprising Group "Y" Submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth under the collective command of {{LCommRN}} [[John Pollington Apps]].{{NLJan33|p. 250}}
By early 1933, she was one of three "L" class boats comprising Group "Y" Submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth under the collective command of {{LCommRN}} [[John Pollington Apps]].{{NLJan33|p. 250}}
She reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 15 May, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 251}} and her bell, inscribed with her name and perhaps her motto, was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at a price between £1 and £5.  Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''L 52''">
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''L 52''">
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Maurice William Bailward|nick=Maurice W. Bailward|appt=March, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 799}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} (in Command?)|name=Maurice William Bailward|nick=Maurice W. Bailward|appt=March, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 799}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Leslie Haliburton Ashmore|nick=Leslie H. Ashmore|appt=c. 1921<ref>Ashmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>|end=7 January, 1922<ref>Ashmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Leslie Haliburton Ashmore|nick=Leslie H. Ashmore|appt=c. 1921<ref>Ashmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>|end=7 January, 1922<ref>Ashmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Andrew Lancelot Besant|nick=Andrew L. Besant|appt=7 February, 1922<ref>Besant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/44.|D7616013}} f. 44.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Andrew Lancelot Besant|nick=Andrew L. Besant|appt=7 February, 1922<ref>Besant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/44.|D7616013}} f. 44.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Alistair Shand Cumming|nick=Alistair S. Cumming|appt=23 September, 1922|end=30 April, 1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Alastair Shand Cumming|nick=Alastair S. Cumming|appt=23 September, 1922<ref>Cumming Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/132.|}} f. 134.</ref>|end=30 April, 1923<ref>Cumming Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/132.|}} f. 134.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Delamain Morris|nick=Frank D. Morris|appt=1 June, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 251}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Delamain Morris|nick=Frank D. Morris|appt=1 June, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 251}}|end=1925}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=John Duncan de Mussenden Leathes|nick=John D. de M. Leathes|appt=10 August, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 251}}|end=|note=not marked as "in command"}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Duncan de Mussenden Leathes|nick=John D. de M. Leathes|appt=26 October, 1925<ref>Leathes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/146/172.|}} f. 172.</ref>|end=1 September, 1926<ref>Leathes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/146/172.|}} f. 172.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Duncan de Mussenden Leathes|nick=John D. de M. Leathes|appt=14 October, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 251}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Mayers|nick=Colin Mayers|appt=1 September, 1926<ref>Mayers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/679.|}} f. 680.</ref>|end=20 October, 1926<ref>Mayers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/679.|}} f. 680.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Godfrey Wood Deneys|nick=James G. W. Deneys|appt=11 August, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Duncan de Mussenden Leathes|nick=John D. de M. Leathes|appt=14 October, 1926<ref>Leathes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/146/172.|}} f. 172.</ref>|end=10 August, 1928<ref>Leathes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/146/172.|}} f. 172.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Godfrey Wood Deneys|nick=James G. W. Deneys|appt=11 August, 1928<ref>Deneys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/79.|}} f. 79.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}|end=1 April, 1930<ref>Deneys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/79.|}} f. 79.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Garth Henry Fyson Owles|nick=Garth H. F. Owles|appt=1 April, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 249}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Garth Henry Fyson Owles|nick=Garth H. F. Owles|appt=1 April, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 249}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Pollington Apps|nick=John P. Apps|appt=8 January, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 250}}|end=|note=and also two other boats comprising Group "Y" in reserve at Portsmouth}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Pollington Apps|nick=John P. Apps|appt=8 January, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 250}}|end=1 June, 1933{{NavAppts|31 May 1933, p. 4}}|note=and also two other boats comprising Group "Y" in reserve at Portsmouth}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugo Meynell Cyril Ionides|nick=Hugo M. C. Ionides|appt=1 June, 1933{{NavAppts|31 May 1933, p. 4}}|end=January, 1934{{INF}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


Latest revision as of 00:29, 12 April 2023

H.M.S. L 52 (1918)
Pendant Number: L.52[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[2]
Ordered: Jan/Feb, 1917[3]
Launched: 18 Dec, 1918[4]
Sold: 1935[5]

H.M.S. L 52 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Completed to full complement on 1 June, 1923.

On 23 November, 1923, a Court of Enquiry determined that the sub's Lt. Cdr. Frank D. Morris was to blame for a collision with L 21.

In 1925, she was part of Second Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[6]

Brought to full commission on 4 March, 1927. In mid-1927 she was with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla temporarily,[7] buy by early 1929, she was with the Second Submarine Flotilla.[8]

By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[9]

By early 1933, she was one of three "L" class boats comprising Group "Y" Submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth under the collective command of Lieutenant-Commander John Pollington Apps.[10]

She reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 15 May, 1934[11] and her bell, inscribed with her name and perhaps her motto, was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at a price between £1 and £5. Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.[12]

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. 94.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 251.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 250.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 251.
  12. ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799.
  14. ↑ Ashmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 99.
  15. ↑ Ashmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 99.
  16. ↑ Besant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/44. f. 44.
  17. ↑ Cumming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/132. f. 134.
  18. ↑ Cumming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/132. f. 134.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 251.
  20. ↑ Leathes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/146/172. f. 172.
  21. ↑ Leathes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/146/172. f. 172.
  22. ↑ Mayers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/679. f. 680.
  23. ↑ Mayers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/679. f. 680.
  24. ↑ Leathes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/146/172. f. 172.
  25. ↑ Leathes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/146/172. f. 172.
  26. ↑ Deneys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/79. f. 79.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  28. ↑ Deneys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/79. f. 79.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 250.
  31. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 31 May 1933, p. 4.
  32. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 31 May 1933, p. 4.

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