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By mid-1931, she was attached to the {{UK-SF|2}},{{NLJul31|p. 248}} remaining there through at least early 1933.{{NLJan33|p. 249}}  She was reduced to reserve at Portsmouth on 3 May, 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 250}}
By mid-1931, she was attached to the {{UK-SF|2}},{{NLJul31|p. 248}} remaining there through at least early 1933.{{NLJan33|p. 249}}  She was reduced to reserve at Portsmouth on 3 May, 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}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Anthony Bevis Lockhart|nick=Anthony B. Lockhart|appt=23 November, 1918{{NLJun20|p. 799}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Anthony Bevis Lockhart|nick=Anthony B. Lockhart|appt=23 November, 1918{{NLJun20|p. 799}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Alistair Shand Cumming|nick=Alistair S. Cumming|appt=6 December, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 799}}|end=24 June, 1921}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Alastair Shand Cumming|nick=Alastair S. Cumming|appt=6 December, 1920<ref>Cumming Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/132.|}} f. 134.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 799}}|end=24 June, 1921<ref>Cumming Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/132.|}} f. 134.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Allen|nick=Charles H. Allen|appt=27 July, 1921|end=May, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Allen|nick=Charles H. Allen|appt=27 July, 1921|end=May, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Allen|nick=Charles H. Allen|appt=2 February, 1923|end=c. late 1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Allen|nick=Charles H. Allen|appt=2 February, 1923|end=c. late 1923}}

Latest revision as of 00:20, 12 April 2023

H.M.S. L 18 (1918)
Pendant Number: L.18[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 21 Nov, 1918[4]
Sold: Oct, 1936[5]

H.M.S. L 18 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In March, 1925 she, L 14 and L 17 comprised Group "M" Submarines in Reserve at Portland under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Henry N. Lake.[6]

Brought to full complement on 15 May, 1926.[7]

In early 1929 she was with First Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]

By mid-1931, she was attached to the Second Submarine Flotilla,[9] remaining there through at least early 1933.[10] She was reduced to reserve at Portsmouth on 3 May, 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]

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. (April, 1925). p. 251.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 249.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 249.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 248.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). 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. (June, 1920). p. 799.
  14. Cumming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/132. f. 134.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 799.
  16. Cumming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/132. f. 134.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 251.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 251.
  19. Lake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 66.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 251.
  21. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/25. f. 25.
  22. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/25. f. 25.
  23. Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/28. f.28.
  24. Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/28. f.28.
  25. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 249.
  26. Alexander Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/87. f. 87.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 248.
  28. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/81. f. 81.
  29. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 249.
  30. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/81. f. 81.
  31. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 11 Sept. 1934, p. 21.

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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