H.M.S. L 21 (1919)

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H.M.S. L 21 (1919)
Pendant Number: L.21[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 11 Oct, 1919[4]
Sold: Feb, 1939[5]

H.M.S. L 21 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In March, 1925 she, L 11 and L 22 comprised Group "E" Submarines in Reserve at Portsmouth under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Laugham Noakes.[6]

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 13 November, 1925.[7]

From at least mid-1927 until 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]

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. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  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. (January, 1921). p. 799.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 776.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 251.
  14. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 251.
  15. Sutton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/54. f. 54.
  16. Sutton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/54. f. 54.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 250.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 249.
  19. Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
  20. Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.

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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