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==Service==
 
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''L 26'' was commissioned for trials on 20 July, 1926.{{NLJul34|p. 250}} From at least mid-1927{{NLJul27|p. 251}} to at least early 1929, she was with the {{UK-SF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}
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''L 26'' was commissioned for trials on 20 July, 1926,{{NLJul34|p. 250}} the last war-built submarine to be commissioned.{{ToL|Lasdt War-Built Submarine|20 July 1926, p. 19}}
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From at least mid-1927{{NLJul27|p. 251}} to at least early 1929, she was with the {{UK-SF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}
  
 
By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the {{UK-SF|2}},{{NLJul31|p. 249}} where she remained until at least mid-1934.{{NLJul34|p. 250}}
 
By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the {{UK-SF|2}},{{NLJul31|p. 249}} where she remained until at least mid-1934.{{NLJul34|p. 250}}
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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.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
  
 
From at least mid 1937 until at least mid-1939, she was with the {{UK-SF|5}}.{{NLJul37|p. 251}}{{NLMay39|p. 303}}
 
From at least mid 1937 until at least mid-1939, she was with the {{UK-SF|5}}.{{NLJul37|p. 251}}{{NLMay39|p. 303}}
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Charles Thornber Roe|nick=Robert C. T. Roe|appt=12 March, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 251}}<ref>Roe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/62.|}} f. 62.</ref>|end=August, 1928<ref>Roe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/62.|}} f. 62.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Charles Thornber Roe|nick=Robert C. T. Roe|appt=12 March, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 251}}<ref>Roe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/62.|}} f. 62.</ref>|end=August, 1928<ref>Roe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/62.|}} f. 62.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Duncan de Mussenden Leathes|nick=John D. de M. Leathes|appt=11 August, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Duncan de Mussenden Leathes|nick=John D. de M. Leathes|appt=11 August, 1928<ref>Leathes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/146/172.|}} f. 172.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}|end=25 August, 1930<ref>Leathes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/146/172.|}} f. 172.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gilbert Palmer Claridge|nick=Gilbert P. Claridge|appt=25 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 249}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gilbert Palmer Claridge|nick=Gilbert P. Claridge|appt=25 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 249}}|end=15 August, 1932}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Hugh Lewes|nick=John H. Lewes|appt=15 August, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 249}}|end=June, 1933}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Hugh Lewes|nick=John H. Lewes|appt=15 August, 1932<ref>Lewes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/189.|}} f. 189.</ref>|end=1 January, 1935<ref>Lewes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/189.|}} f. 189.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Hugh Lewes|nick=John H. Lewes|appt=26 October, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 250}}|end=November, 1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Witherington Peers|nick=Robert W. Peers|appt=1 January, 1935{{NavAppts|28 Nov. 1934, p. 8}}|end=|note=may have been altered to {{UK-L25}}?}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Philip Arthur Brooks|nick=Eric P. A. Brooks|appt=|end=1 May, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Evelyn Roberts Churchill MacVicker|nick=Evelyn R. C. MacVicker|appt=1 May, 1936|end=4 September, 1936}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Kenneth Ramsden Cross|nick=William K. R. Cross|appt=8 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 251}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Kenneth Ramsden Cross|nick=William K. R. Cross|appt=8 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 251}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Woodgate Lipscomb|nick=Frank W. Lipscomb|appt=19 April, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 303}}|end=11 March, 1940{{UBAlly|6632}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Woodgate Lipscomb|nick=Frank W. Lipscomb|appt=19 April, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 303}}|end=11 March, 1940{{UBAlly|6632}}}}

Latest revision as of 20:05, 24 February 2022

H.M.S. L 26 (1919)
Pendant Number: L.26[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 29 May, 1919[4]
Sold: 1946[5]
H.M.S. L 26 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

L 26 was commissioned for trials on 20 July, 1926,[6] the last war-built submarine to be commissioned.[7]

From at least mid-1927[8] to at least early 1929, she was with the First Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the Second Submarine Flotilla,[10] where she remained until at least mid-1934.[11]

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.[12]

From at least mid 1937 until at least mid-1939, she was with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[13][14]

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. (July, 1934). p. 250.
  7. "Lasdt War-Built Submarine." The Times (London, England), 20 July 1926, p. 19.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 250.
  12. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 251.
  14. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 303.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
  16. Roe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/62. f. 62.
  17. Roe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/62. f. 62.
  18. Leathes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/146/172. f. 172.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  20. Leathes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/146/172. f. 172.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  22. Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/189. f. 189.
  23. Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/189. f. 189.
  24. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 28 Nov. 1934, p. 8.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 251.
  26. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 303.
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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  
<– "K" Class Submarines (UK) "M" Class –>