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L 55

Built By: Fairfield (Clyde)
Build Group: L3
Fate: It is beleived that after firing her torpedoes at Soviet destroyers she had broken surface. She is subsequently thought to have dived into a minefield to evade the attacking destroyers and exploded a British mine, 4th June 1919.

She was salvaged and repaired by the Russians and put into service 7th August 1931.

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Commanders
1919: Lieutenant  C Chapman  

1919 Baltic Flotilla. Lucia, Revel, Estonia.

Roll of Honour
42
Died: 09-06-1919
Adams, Herbert James  K 24581
Stoker 1st Class Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 22
Angus, Donald Meiklejohn  272470
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 27
Barton, William Edward  J 7512
Leading Seaman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 25
Butler, Harry  K 15724
Stoker 1st Class Born: 11-05-1893 Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 26
RN DoB 11/11/1892
Chapman, Charles Manners Sutton  DSC*
Lieutenant Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 30
Commanding Officer
Clarkson, Albert  J 28603
Leading Seaman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 26
Clifton, Frederick  K 18374
Stoker 1st Class Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 25
Crook, Herbert  J 4894
Petty Officer Born: 22-08-1893 Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 25
RN DoB 22/08/1892
Crysell, Albert William  J 15756
Able Seaman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 23
Dagg, Charles Frederick  J 3758
Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 26
Davies, Leonard Frank  J 7627
Leading Signalman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 25
Ebling, Francis John  M 2182
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 25
Fenn, William  J 18493
Able Seaman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 23
Finnis, John Files  K 16255
Stoker 1st Class Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 28
Flodin, Robert William  K 8277
Leading Stoker Born: 03-02-1893 Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 26
RN DoB 03/02/1892
French, Henry George Hazelden  J 79157
Boy Telegraphist Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 17
Gascoyne, Archibald Thomas  J 11344
Able Seaman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 24
Gissing, Joseph  J 8374
Able Seaman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 25
Griffiths, Clifford  K 12449
Leading Stoker Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 25
Guy, James  226859
Chief Petty Officer Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 31
Hammersley, Rupert Lawrence  J 5015
Leading Seaman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 25
Howes, James  K 23105
Stoker 1st Class Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 26
Jennings, Harry Clarence 
Lieutenant Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 29
Leven, Bernard  K 11579
Leading Stoker Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 27
Lilley, Roger Arthur  M 29898
Electrical Artificer 4th Class Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 21
O'Connell, Denis  K 9557
Leading Stoker Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 28
Orme, Louis  J 22122
Able Seaman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 23
Parnell, William  K 5042
Stoker Petty Officer Born: 27-07-1892 Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 26
RN DoB 27/07/1891
Potter, Cyril Charles Nicholas  M 2722
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 30
Potts, Bertram Edwin  J 1511
Able Seaman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 28
Reid, John Stewart Gilchrist  (RNR) DSC
Lieutenant Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 31
Shaw, William Fleetwood  DSM 271948
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 29
Southwell, Henry Kenneth Martin 
Lieutenant Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 24
Staines, John Patrick  K 15531
Stoker 1st Class Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 25
Taylor, Thomas James Charles  J 13653
Petty Officer Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 24
Trickett, Charles  K 14239
Stoker 1st Class Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 26
At birth Trickett, Charles Fred Served as Trickett, Charles
Tundervary, John Herbert  K 10680
Leading Stoker Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 27
At birth Tundervery, John Herbert Served as Tundervary, John Herbert
Wakely, Alfred Henry 
Artificer Engineer Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 35
Wash, Walter Herbert  J 12352
Able Seaman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 24
Wells, Charles Tingay  J 23612
Able Seaman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 23
Westcott, Greenfield  K 1139
Leading Seaman Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 33
Wilks, Frank  J 7669
Petty Officer Died: 09-06-1919 Aged: 26

Events

01-05-1917 Laid Down
21-09-1918 Launched
19-12-1918 Completed
04-06-1919 It is believed that after firing her torpedoes at Soviet destroyers she had broken surface.

She is subsequently thought to have dived into a minefield to evade the attacking destroyers and exploded a British mine.
07-08-1931 Salvaged and repaired by the Russians and put into service.
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