H.M.S. H 26 (1917)

H.M.S. H 26 (1917)
Pendant Number:	H.26^[1]
Builder:	Vickers^[2]
Ordered:	Jan-Feb, 1917^[3]
Launched:	15 Nov, 1917^[4]
Commissioned:	Mar, 1918^[5]
Sold:	Apr, 1928^[6]

H.M.S. H 26 was one of forty-four "H" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy in the 1910s.

Service

At the end of 1920, she was one of four "H" class boats in reserve submarine group "F" at Portland, under the collective command of Lieutenant Andrew L. Besant and tender to Vulcan.

At the end of 1922, she was one of three "F" group boats under the collective command of Lieutenant Harold E. Spragge.^[7]

In March, 1925 she and H 33 and H 43 comprised Group "F" Submarines in Reserve at Portland under the command of Lieutenant George C. P. Menzies.^[8]

In early 1926, she was still in Group "F" at Portland, but with just one other submarine.^[9]

Paid off into Dockyard Control on 31 March, 1927.^[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant & Commander William R. Richardson, 31 November, 1917 – 18 February, 1919
Lieutenant & Commander Aubrey C. Newbold, 7 November, 1919 – November, 1919 (temporary)
Lieutenant in Command Andrew L. Besant, 5 August, 1920^[11] – 3 January, 1921^[12] (and also 3 other "H" class submarines)
Lieutenant in Command John D. de M. Leathes, 5 May, 1922^[13] – 5 May, 1922^[14] (and two other "H" boats in Group "F" Reserve at Portland)
Lieutenant in Command George C. P. Menzies, 19 January, 1925^[15] (and also two other "H" class submarines)
Lieutenant-Commander (I, It.) John Murray, 28 July, 1925^[16] – February, 1926 (and H 33)