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==Service==
 
==Service==
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The submarine was not completed before long after the end of the war.
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Commissioned on 29 August, 1924.  In March 1925, she was part of {{UK-SF|2}} in the Mediterranean,{{NLApr25|p. 251}} remaining there until at least early 1929.{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}
 
Commissioned on 29 August, 1924.  In March 1925, she was part of {{UK-SF|2}} in the Mediterranean,{{NLApr25|p. 251}} remaining there until at least early 1929.{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}
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By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the {{UK-SF|5}}.{{NLJul31|p. 249}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I, ''Fr.''''')|name=Alistair Shand Cumming|nick=Alistair S. Cumming|appt=20 November, 1926|end=1 April, 1927}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I, ''Fr.''''')|name=Alistair Shand Cumming|nick=Alistair S. Cumming|appt=20 November, 1926|end=1 April, 1927}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Edward Spragge|nick=Harold E. Spragge|appt=15 November, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Edward Spragge|nick=Harold E. Spragge|appt=15 November, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Lionel Fletcher|nick=John L. Fletcher|appt=15 November, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 249}}|end=}}
 
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D'Oyly-Hughes appears to contradict our sense of when this submarine was completed.
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D'Oyly-Hughes appears to have been appointed when it was thought the submarine would be completed in a timely manner.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 14:35, 15 February 2018

H.M.S. L 54 (1919)
Pendant Number: L.54[1]
Builder: Denny[2]
Ordered: Jan/Feb, 1917[3]
Launched: 20 Aug, 1918
Sold: 1938[4]

H.M.S. L 54 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

The submarine was not completed before long after the end of the war.

Commissioned on 29 August, 1924. In March 1925, she was part of Second Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean,[5] remaining there until at least early 1929.[6]

By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

D'Oyly-Hughes appears to have been appointed when it was thought the submarine would be completed in a timely manner.

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. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 251.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 251.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 251.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  11. 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  
<– "K" Class Submarines (UK) "M" Class –>