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L 55
12
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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J 15756
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 23
Crysell, Albert William
Able Seaman
J 18493
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 23
Fenn, William
Able Seaman
J 11344
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 24
Gascoyne, Archibald Thomas
Able Seaman
J 8374
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Gissing, Joseph
Able Seaman
J 22122
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 23
Orme, Louis
Able Seaman
J 1511
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 28
Potts, Bertram Edwin
Able Seaman
J 12352
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 24
Wash, Walter Herbert
Able Seaman
J 23612
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 23
Wells, Charles Tingay
Able Seaman
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 35
Wakely, Alfred Henry
Artificer Engineer
J 79157
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 17
French, Henry George Hazelden
Boy Telegraphist
226859
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 31
Guy, James
Chief Petty Officer
M 29898
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 21
Lilley, Roger Arthur
Electrical Artificer 4th Class
M 2722
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 30
Potter, Cyril Charles Nicholas
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
271948
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 29
Shaw, William Fleetwood DSM
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
272470
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 27
Angus, Donald Meiklejohn
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
M 2182
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Ebling, Francis John
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
J 7512
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Barton, William Edward
Leading Seaman
J 28603
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Clarkson, Albert
Leading Seaman
J 5015
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Hammersley, Rupert Lawrence
Leading Seaman
K 1139
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 33
Westcott, Greenfield
Leading Seaman
J 7627
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Davies, Leonard Frank
Leading Signalman
K 8277
Born: 3rd Feb, 1893.
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Flodin, Robert William
Leading Stoker
RN DoB 03/02/1892
K 12449
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Griffiths, Clifford
Leading Stoker
K 11579
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 27
Leven, Bernard
Leading Stoker
K 9557
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 28
O'Connell, Denis
Leading Stoker
K 10680
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 27
Tundervary, John Herbert
Leading Stoker
At birth Tundervery, John Herbert Served as Tundervary, John Herbert
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 30
Chapman, Charles Manners Sutton DSC*
Lieutenant
Commanding Officer
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 29
Jennings, Harry Clarence
Lieutenant
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 31
Reid, John Stewart Gilchrist (RNR) DSC
Lieutenant
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 24
Southwell, Henry Kenneth Martin
Lieutenant
J 4894
Born: 22nd Aug, 1893.
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Crook, Herbert
Petty Officer
RN DoB 22/08/1892
J 13653
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 24
Taylor, Thomas James Charles
Petty Officer
J 7669
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Wilks, Frank
Petty Officer
J 3758
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Dagg, Charles Frederick
Petty Officer Telegraphist
K 24581
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 22
Adams, Herbert James
Stoker 1st Class
K 15724
Born: 11th May, 1893.
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Butler, Harry
Stoker 1st Class
RN DoB 11/11/1892
K 18374
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Clifton, Frederick
Stoker 1st Class
K 16255
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 28
Finnis, John Files
Stoker 1st Class
K 23105
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Howes, James
Stoker 1st Class
K 15531
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Staines, John Patrick
Stoker 1st Class
K 14239
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Trickett, Charles
Stoker 1st Class
At birth Trickett, Charles Fred Served as Trickett, Charles
K 5042
Born: 27th Jul, 1892.
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Parnell, William
Stoker Petty Officer
RN DoB 27/07/1891

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I have often looked for an opportunity of paying tribute to our submariners.

There is no branch of His Majesty's Forces which in this war has suffered the same proportion of total loss as our submarine service.

It is the most dangerous of all services.

That is perhaps the reason why the First Lord tells me that the entry into it is keenly sought by Officers and Men.

I feel sure the House would wish to testify its gratitude and admiration to our Submariners for their Skill - Courage and Devotion which has proved of inestimable value to the sustenance of our country.

Winston Churchill


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