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|name=L 15
|name=L 15
|launch=16 Jan, 1918{{Conways1906|p. 93}}
|launch=16 Jan, 1918{{Conways1906|p. 93}}
|builder=[[Fairfield]]{{Conways1906|p. 93}}
|builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 93}}
|fate=Sold
|fate=Sold
|pend=L.15{{DittColl|pp. 82, 90}}
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''L 15''''' was one of 35 submarines of the [["L" Class Submarine (1917)|"L" class]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''L 15''''' was one of thirty-five [["L" Class Submarine (1917)|"L" class submarines]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
In 1925, she was part of {{UK-SF|4}} on the [[China Station]].  A Lieutenant [[William Leslie Berridge]] is listed with her, but not expressly as being "in command".{{NLApr25|p. 250}}
In early 1929, she was still with 4SF on the China Station.{{NLFeb29|p. 249}}
She was one of three "L" class boats taken into Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 14 May, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 248}}
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}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''L 15''">
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''L 15''">
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Victor Essendene Ward|nick=Victor E. Ward|appt=10 February, 1918<ref>Ward Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/300.|D7604712}} f. 323.</ref>|end=26 July, 1918<ref>Ward Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/300.|D7604712}} f. 323.</ref>|note=superseded when sick|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Cantlie|nick=Colin Cantlie|appt=26 July, 1918<ref>Cantlie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>|end=9 September, 1918<ref>Cantlie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Cantlie|nick=Colin Cantlie|appt=26 July, 1918<ref>Cantlie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>|end=9 September, 1918<ref>Cantlie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Neville Stopford|nick=Robert N. Stopford|appt=23 June, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 799}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Victor Essendene Ward|nick=Victor E. Ward|appt=9 September, 1918<ref>Ward Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/300.|D7604712}} f. 323.</ref>|end=23 June, 1919<ref>Ward Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/300.|D7604712}} f. 323.</ref>|note=back in the saddle again}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Andrew Lancelot Besant|nick=Andrew L. Besant|appt=10 April, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 250}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Neville Stopford|nick=Robert N. Stopford|appt=22 June, 1919<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/6.|D7605093}} 357.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 799.  23 June given here}}|end=30 March, 1922<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/6.|D7605093}} 357.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Walter Seymour Carson|nick=The Hon. Walter S. Carson|appt=January, 1922|end=March, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Andrew Lancelot Besant|nick=Andrew L. Besant|appt=10 April, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 250. This command is indicated vaguely in his Service Record}}|end=15 October, 1924<ref>Besant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/44.|}} f. 44.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William Leslie Berridge|nick=William L. Berridge|appt=15 October, 1924{{NLFeb26|p. 250}}|end=10 April, 1926<ref>Berridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/147/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>|note=died in swimming accident}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Brereton Ross Hooper|nick=Brereton R. Hooper|appt=c. January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 250}}|end=1929}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Cunningham Paton Menzies|nick=George C. P. Menzies|appt=January, 1929{{NLFeb29|p. 249}}|end=August, 1929}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:03, 14 February 2022

H.M.S. L 15 (1918)
Pendant Number: L.15[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 16 Jan, 1918[4]
Commissioned: Mar, 1918[5]
Sold: Feb, 1932[6]

H.M.S. L 15 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In 1925, she was part of Fourth Submarine Flotilla on the China Station. A Lieutenant William Leslie Berridge is listed with her, but not expressly as being "in command".[7]

In early 1929, she was still with 4SF on the China Station.[8]

She was one of three "L" class boats taken into Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 14 May, 1931.[9]

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.[10]

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. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 40.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 250.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 249.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 248.
  10. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  11. ↑ Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/300. f. 323.
  12. ↑ Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/300. f. 323.
  13. ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  14. ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  15. ↑ Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/300. f. 323.
  16. ↑ Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/300. f. 323.
  17. ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799. 23 June given here.
  19. ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/6. 357.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 250. This command is indicated vaguely in his Service Record.
  21. ↑ Besant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/44. f. 44.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 250.
  23. ↑ Berridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/153. f. 153.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 250.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). 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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