H.M.S. L 24 (1919)

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H.M.S. L 24 (1919)
Pendant Number: L.24[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 19 Feb, 1919[4]
Collision: 14 Jan, 1924[5]
Fate: with Resolution

H.M.S. L 24 was one of thirty-five "L" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

L 24 was lost in a collision with H.M.S. Resolution eleven miles southwest of Portland Bill. It was decided that she submarine could not be salvaged and the dead were left entombed at a depth of thirty fathoms. A final tribute to the fallen was conducted on 19 January, and included four sloops and twelve submarines under command of Rear-Admiral Nicholson in the minesweeper Ross. After the memorial service at 10am, a salute was fired, "The Last Post" sounded by bugle and a wreath laid.[6]

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 Dead In L24." The Times (London, England), 18 Jan. 1924, p. 9.
  7. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  8. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 776.

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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