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==Service==
==Service==
''L 24'' was lost in a collision with {{UK-Resolution|f=p}} eleven miles southwest of Portland Bill.  She had been part of an exercise attack along with {{UK-L25}} on the Fleet at the time of the accident, and went down nearly instantly with fourteen live mines on board.{{ToL|British Naval Disaster|11 Jan. 1924, p. 10}}
''L 24'' was lost in a collision with {{UK-Resolution|f=p}} eleven miles southwest of Portland Bill.  She had been part of an exercise attack along with {{UK-L25}} on the Fleet at the time of the accident, and went down nearly instantly with fourteen live mines on board.  The submarine recovery vessel ''Moordale'' was dispatched to the scene.{{ToL|British Naval Disaster|11 Jan. 1924, p. 10}}


It was decided that the submarine could not be salvaged and the dead were left entombed at a depth of thirty fathoms.  A final tribute to the fallen was conducted on 19 January, and included four sloops and twelve submarines under command of Rear-Admiral [[Wilmot Stuart Nicholson|Nicholson]] in the {{UK-Ross|f=t}}.  After the memorial service at 10am, a salute was fired, "The Last Post" sounded by bugle and a wreath laid.{{ToL|The Dead In L24|18 Jan. 1924, p. 9}}
It was decided that the submarine could not be salvaged and the dead were left entombed at a depth of thirty fathoms.  A final tribute to the fallen was conducted on 19 January, and included four sloops and twelve submarines under command of Rear-Admiral [[Wilmot Stuart Nicholson|Nicholson]] in the {{UK-Ross|f=t}}.  After the memorial service at 10am, a salute was fired, "The Last Post" sounded by bugle and a wreath laid.{{ToL|The Dead In L24|18 Jan. 1924, p. 9}}

Revision as of 20:15, 23 January 2020

H.M.S. L 24 (1919)
Pendant Number: L.24[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 19 Feb, 1919[4]
Collision: 10 Jan, 1924[5]
Fate: with Resolution

H.M.S. L 24 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

L 24 was lost in a collision with H.M.S. Resolution eleven miles southwest of Portland Bill. She had been part of an exercise attack along with L 25 on the Fleet at the time of the accident, and went down nearly instantly with fourteen live mines on board. The submarine recovery vessel Moordale was dispatched to the scene.[6]

It was decided that the submarine could not be salvaged and the dead were left entombed at a depth of thirty fathoms. A final tribute to the fallen was conducted on 19 January, and included four sloops and twelve submarines under command of Rear-Admiral Nicholson in the minesweeper Ross. After the memorial service at 10am, a salute was fired, "The Last Post" sounded by bugle and a wreath laid.[7]

Curiously, all three junior lieutenants lost aboard the submarine had the given name of Donald.

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. "British Naval Disaster." The Times (London, England), 11 Jan. 1924, p. 10.
  6. "British Naval Disaster." The Times (London, England), 11 Jan. 1924, p. 10.
  7. "The Dead In L24." The Times (London, England), 18 Jan. 1924, p. 9.
  8. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  9. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 776.

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 –>