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==Service==
==Service==
''L 26'' was commissioned for trials on 20 July, 1926.  In early 1929, she was with the {{UK-SF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}
''L 26'' was commissioned for trials on 20 July, 1926,{{NLJul34|p. 250}} the last war-built submarine to be commissioned.{{ToL|Lasdt War-Built Submarine|20 July 1926, p. 19}}  


By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the {{UK-SF|2}}.{{NLJul31|p. 249}}
From at least mid-1927{{NLJul27|p. 251}} to at least early 1929, she was with the {{UK-SF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}
 
By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the {{UK-SF|2}},{{NLJul31|p. 249}} where she remained until at least mid-1934.{{NLJul34|p. 250}}
 
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}}
 
From at least mid 1937 until at least mid-1939, she was with the {{UK-SF|5}}.{{NLJul37|p. 251}}{{NLMay39|p. 303}}


==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 26''">
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''L 26''">
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Charles Thornber Roe|nick=Robert C. T. Roe|appt=12 March, 1926<ref>Roe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/62.|}} f. 62.</ref>|end=August, 1928<ref>Roe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/62.|}} f. 62.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Charles Thornber Roe|nick=Robert C. T. Roe|appt=12 March, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 251}}<ref>Roe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/62.|}} f. 62.</ref>|end=August, 1928<ref>Roe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/62.|}} f. 62.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Duncan de Mussenden Leathes|nick=John D. de M. Leathes|appt=11 August, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Duncan de Mussenden Leathes|nick=John D. de M. Leathes|appt=11 August, 1928<ref>Leathes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/146/172.|}} f. 172.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}|end=25 August, 1930<ref>Leathes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/146/172.|}} f. 172.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gilbert Palmer Claridge|nick=Gilbert P. Claridge|appt=25 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 249}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gilbert Palmer Claridge|nick=Gilbert P. Claridge|appt=25 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 249}}|end=15 August, 1932}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Hugh Lewes|nick=John H. Lewes|appt=15 August, 1932<ref>Lewes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/189.|}} f. 189.</ref>|end=1 January, 1935<ref>Lewes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/189.|}} f. 189.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Witherington Peers|nick=Robert W. Peers|appt=1 January, 1935{{NavAppts|28 Nov. 1934, p. 8}}|end=|note=may have been altered to {{UK-L25}}?}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Philip Arthur Brooks|nick=Eric P. A. Brooks|appt=|end=1 May, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Evelyn Roberts Churchill MacVicker|nick=Evelyn R. C. MacVicker|appt=1 May, 1936|end=4 September, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Kenneth Ramsden Cross|nick=William K. R. Cross|appt=8 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 251}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Woodgate Lipscomb|nick=Frank W. Lipscomb|appt=19 April, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 303}}|end=11 March, 1940{{UBAlly|6632}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Patrick Lainson Field|nick=Patrick L. Field|appt=11 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Bertram de Betham Kershaw|nick=John B. de B. Kershaw|appt=July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=late 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Prendergast Raikes|nick=Richard P. Raikes|appt=late 1940{{UBAlly|2077}}|end=21 February, 1941{{UBAlly|2077}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Stephen Lynch Conway Maydon|nick=Stephen L. C. Maydon|appt=21 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=24 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Michael Beauchamp St. John|nick=Michael B. St. John|appt=24 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=1 October, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner|nick=Geoffrey D. N. Milner|appt=1 October, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=9 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Denys Verschoyle|nick=Henry D. Verschoyle|appt=9 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=7 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Cyril Astell Pardoe|nick=Cyril A. Pardoe|appt=7 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=29 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Denys Verschoyle|nick=Henry D. Verschoyle|appt=29 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=2 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Andrew George Prideaux|nick=Andrew G. Prideaux|appt=2 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=14 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Richard Thomas Sallis|nick=Richard T. Sallis|appt=14 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}|end=21 December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7748}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


Latest revision as of 00:05, 25 February 2022

H.M.S. L 26 (1919)
Pendant Number: L.26[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 29 May, 1919[4]
Sold: 1946[5]

H.M.S. L 26 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

L 26 was commissioned for trials on 20 July, 1926,[6] the last war-built submarine to be commissioned.[7]

From at least mid-1927[8] to at least early 1929, she was with the First Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the Second Submarine Flotilla,[10] where she remained until at least mid-1934.[11]

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.[12]

From at least mid 1937 until at least mid-1939, she was with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[13][14]

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 250.
  7. ↑ "Lasdt War-Built Submarine." The Times (London, England), 20 July 1926, p. 19.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 250.
  12. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 251.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 303.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
  16. ↑ Roe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/62. f. 62.
  17. ↑ Roe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/62. f. 62.
  18. ↑ Leathes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/146/172. f. 172.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  20. ↑ Leathes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/146/172. f. 172.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  22. ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/189. f. 189.
  23. ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/189. f. 189.
  24. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 28 Nov. 1934, p. 8.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 251.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 303.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  36. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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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