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Revision as of 15:36, 6 April 2018

H.M.S. L 56 (1919)
Pendant Number: L.56[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: April, 1917[3]
Launched: 29 May, 1919[4]
Sold: Mar, 1938[5]
H.M.S. L 56 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Completed to full crew on 29 November, 1921. In March 1925, she was part of Second Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean,[6] remaining there until at least early 1929.[7]

By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[8]

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. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 777.
  11. Sutton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/54. f. 54.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 251.
  13. Sutton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/54. f. 54.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 251.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.

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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