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==Service==
==Service==
Completed to full crew on 29 November, 1921.  In March 1925, she was part of {{UK-SF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 251}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Geldard Stanley|nick=Edward G. Stanley|appt=1 May, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 799}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Geldard Stanley|nick=Edward G. Stanley|appt=1 May, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 799}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Alexander Pollard Blackburn|nick=James A. P. Blackburn|appt=19 November, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 777}}|end=1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Alexander Pollard Blackburn|nick=James A. P. Blackburn|appt=19 November, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 777}}|end=1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Gilbert Sutton|nick=John G. Sutton|appt=25 August, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 251}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Gilbert Sutton|nick=John G. Sutton|appt=25 August, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 251}}|end=}}
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Revision as of 20:16, 7 July 2017

H.M.S. L 56 (1919)
Pendant Number: L.56[1]
Builder: Fairfield[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]

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. (January, 1921). p. 799.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 777.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 251.

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 –>