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==Service==
==Service==
''L 23'' was commissioned 26 August, 1924.{{NLJul34|p. 250}}
''L 23'' was commissioned 26 August, 1924.{{NLJul34|p. 250}}
''L 23'' was withdrawn from the {{UK-SF|2}} to reserve on in late 1924, following {{UK-L22}} in doing so.  They would be replaced in service by {{UK-L53}} and {{UK-L71}}.{{NMI|1 Nov. 1924, p. 17}}


From at least mid-1927 through at least early 1929, she was with the {{UK-SF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul27|p. 250}}{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}
From at least mid-1927 through at least early 1929, she was with the {{UK-SF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul27|p. 250}}{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}


By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the {{UK-SF|2}},{{NLJul31|p. 249}} where she remained until at least October 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 250}}
By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the {{UK-SF|2}},{{NLJul31|p. 249}} where she remained until at least October 1935.{{NLOct35|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}}


By mid-1937 she was with the {{UK-SF|5}}.{{NLJul37|p. 251}}
By mid-1937 she was with the {{UK-SF|5}}.{{NLJul37|p. 251}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fitzroy Hamilton Dalrymple Byron|nick=Fitzroy H. D. Byron|appt=9 June, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 251}}|end=|note=and for {{UK-L53}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fitzroy Hamilton Dalrymple Byron|nick=Fitzroy H. D. Byron|appt=9 June, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 251}}|end=|note=and for {{UK-L53}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=20 June, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 250}}|end=24 July, 1926}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=20 June, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 250}}|end=24 July, 1926}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Edward Spragge|nick=Harold E. Spragge|appt=12 July, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 250}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Edward Spragge|nick=Harold E. Spragge|appt=12 July, 1926<ref>Spragge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/8.|}} f. 8.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 250}}|end=November, 1927<ref>Spragge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/8.|}} f. 8.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Tom Dudley Kenneth Williams|nick=Tom D. K. Williams|appt=21 October, 1927{{NavAppts|Monday, Oct 24, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44720}}{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Tom Dudley Kenneth Williams|nick=Tom D. K. Williams|appt=21 October, 1927<ref>Williams Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/134.|}} f. 134.</ref>{{NavAppts|Monday, Oct 24, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44720}}{{NLFeb29|p. 250}}|end=July, 1929<ref>Williams Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/134.|}} f. 134.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Godfrey Wood Deneys|nick=James G. W. Deneys|appt=November, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 249}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Godfrey Wood Deneys|nick=James G. W. Deneys|appt=30 December, 1930<ref>Deneys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/79.|}} f. 79.</ref>|end=31 December, 1931<ref>Deneys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/79.|}} f. 79.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas John Tresidder Corfield Jenks|nick=Thomas J. T. C. Jenks|appt=31 December, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 249}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas John Tresidder Corfield Jenks|nick=Thomas J. T. C. Jenks|appt=31 December, 1931<ref>Jenks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/116.|}} f. 116.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 249}}|end=10 August, 1933<ref>Jenks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/116.|}} f. 116.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Arthur Wallace Voelcker|nick=George A. W. Voelcker|appt=10 August, 1933{{NLOct35|p. 250}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Arthur Wallace Voelcker|nick=George A. W. Voelcker|appt=10 August, 1933<ref>Voelcker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/279.|}} f. 279.</ref>{{NLOct35|p. 250}}|end=1935<ref>Voelcker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/279.|}} f. 279.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Bertram Wilfrid Taylor|nick=Bertram W. Taylor|appt=29 August, 1936{{NavAppts|24 Aug. 1936, p. 6}}|end=5 September, 1936|note=may have been cancelled}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} (in Command?)|name=David Alexander Fraser|nick=David A. Fraser|appt=16 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 251}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} (in Command?)|name=David Alexander Fraser|nick=David A. Fraser|appt=16 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 251}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Donald Emberton Mansfield|nick=Donald E. Mansfield|appt=16 December, 1938{{NavAppts|5 Dec. 1938, p. 18}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Francis John Brooks|nick=Francis J. Brooks|appt=24 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=26 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Francis John Brooks|nick=Francis J. Brooks|appt=24 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=26 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Walker|nick=Charles G. Walker|appt=26 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=14 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Walker|nick=Charles G. Walker|appt=26 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=14 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Leslie Frederick Lewis Hill|nick=Leslie F. L. Hill|appt=26 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=27 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Leslie Frederick Lewis Hill|nick=Leslie F. L. Hill|appt=26 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=27 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Stirling Bridger|nick=John S. Bridger|appt=27 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=19 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Stirling Bridger|nick=John S. Bridger|appt=27 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=19 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Boyd|nick=Robert Boyd|appt=19 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=28 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Boyd (UK)|nick=Robert Boyd|appt=19 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=28 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Stirling Bridger|nick=John S. Bridger|appt=28 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=1 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Stirling Bridger|nick=John S. Bridger|appt=28 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=1 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Anthony Duff|nick=Arthur A. Duff|appt=1 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=22 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Anthony Duff|nick=Arthur A. Duff|appt=1 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}|end=22 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7747}}}}

Latest revision as of 17:24, 22 July 2022

H.M.S. L 23 (1919)
Pendant Number: L.23[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 1 Jul, 1919[4]
Sold: 1946[5]

H.M.S. L 23 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

L 23 was commissioned 26 August, 1924.[6]

L 23 was withdrawn from the Second Submarine Flotilla to reserve on in late 1924, following L 22 in doing so. They would be replaced in service by L 53 and L 71.[7]

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

By mid-1931, she had been transferred to the Second Submarine Flotilla,[10] where she remained until at least October 1935.[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]

By mid-1937 she was with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[13]

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. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 1 Nov. 1924, p. 17.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 250.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1935). 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. (July, 1924). p. 251.
  15. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 250.
  16. Spragge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/8. f. 8.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 250.
  18. Spragge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/8. f. 8.
  19. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/134. f. 134.
  20. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 24, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44720.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  22. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/134. f. 134.
  23. Deneys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/79. f. 79.
  24. Deneys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/79. f. 79.
  25. Jenks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/116. f. 116.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 249.
  27. Jenks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/116. f. 116.
  28. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  29. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 250.
  30. Voelcker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/279. f. 279.
  31. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 24 Aug. 1936, p. 6.
  32. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 251.
  33. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 5 Dec. 1938, p. 18.
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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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