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==Service==
 
==Service==
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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}}
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In early 1929, she was still with 4SF on the China Station.{{NLFeb29|p. 249}}
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She was one of three "L" class boats taken into Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 14 May, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 248}}
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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''">
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{{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|note=superseded when sick|precBy=New Command}}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=}}
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{{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=}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Walter Seymour Carson|nick=The Hon. Walter S. Carson|appt=January, 1922|end=March, 1922}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Brereton Ross Hooper|nick=Brereton R. Hooper|appt=c. January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 250}}|end=1929}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Cunningham Paton Menzies|nick=George C. P. Menzies|appt=January, 1929{{NLFeb29|p. 249}}|end=August, 1929}}
 
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_L15}}
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_L15}}
 
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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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