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L 10

Built By: Pembroke Dockyard
Build Group: L2
Fate: Sunk north of Terschelling by German destroyer S33 off river Texel, 30th October 1918

L 10

M3 while she still had her gun

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The only L Class submarine to be lost in WWI.

Roll of Honour
39
Baker, William Frampton
J 21375
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 21
Leading Telegraphist
Banks, James Augustine
J 14547
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Bird, Percy Henry
M 10934
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 28
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
Blackman, Edward Richard
K 5537
Born: 15th Nov, 1890.
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 27
Stoker 1st Class
RN DoB 15/11/1891
Bontor, Lawrence Sidney
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 22
Lieutenant
Brinjes, Stanley Lionel (RNR)
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 27
Lieutenant
Charlton, Philip Henry
K 10429
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 27
Leading Stoker
Cox, Daniel Edwin
J 29385
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 21
Able Seaman
Denton, Alfred Thomas
K 16552
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 26
Stoker 1st Class
Elkington, Stanley Ernest
K 25018
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 21
Stoker 1st Class
Epps, Thomas Herbert
J 23611
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Eyres, Frank DSM
286254
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 40
Chief Stoker
Gleeson, Martin
202170
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 35
Leading Seaman
Graham, John (RNVR)
1/148
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 25
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
Grant, Hedley Alexander
J 13016
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Greener, Joseph
237582
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 29
Able Seaman
Gurney, Alfred Albert
163894
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 43
Chief Petty Officer
Hawkins, George Henry
K 13085
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 27
Stoker 1st Class
Hayward, Harry
K 8026
Born: 9th Dec, 1892.
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 25
Leading Stoker
RN DoB 09/12/1891
Hughes, Cyril James
J 14422
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Hutchings, Frank Ernest
SS 116833
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 23
Stoker 1st Class
Hutchings, Samuel James
J 6140
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 25
Petty Officer
Langston, Frank
SS 114866
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 23
Stoker 1st Class
Link, Harry
229291
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 31
Leading Seaman
Maynard, William Frampton
211470
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 33
Able Seaman
McCarthy, Ernest Frank
J 29831
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 21
Able Seaman
Miles, William James
269833
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 40
Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class
Nunn, Arthur Walter
K 26311
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 25
Stoker 1st Class
Owen, Norman Frederick
M 26288
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 25
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Pulman, Edward James
J 10926
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 23
Signalman
Rawson, Cornelius
K 13807
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 26
Stoker 1st Class
Smith, Harold Lindsay DSC
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 38
Artificer Engineer
Stewart, John Alexander
K 25780
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 24
Stoker 1st Class
Walkden, Harold Gordon
RAN 2294
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 26
Leading Stoker
Walsh, Festy
K 30492
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 24
Stoker 1st Class
Also known as O'Toole, Henry.
Weir, William Miller
J 61125
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 18
Telegraphist
Wheatley, James Atkinson
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 22
Lieutenant
Whitehouse, Alfred Edward
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 30
Lieutenant Commander
Commanding Officer
Whybrow, Ernest George
J 19991
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Aged: 23
Leading Seaman

Events

26-02-1917  Laid Down
24-01-1918  Launched
01-06-1918  Completed
03-10-1918  Submarine L10 was sunk (with all hands) on the morning of 3rd October 1918 by gunfire from the German Destroyer S33.

Lieutenant Commander Whitehouse made a torpedo attack on the German Destroyer S33 as it was engaged in trying to rescue survivors of its sister ship, the Destroyer S34, which had run into a minefield.

In making his attack on S33 Lieutenant Commander Whitehouse inadvertently allowed the submarine's conning tower to broach the surface. This was sighted by S33, which then made its successful gun attack resulting in the loss of Submarine L10.

L10's attack on S33 was eventually successful as the destroyer was so badly damaged that she had to be sunk by other German forces.
L2 Specification
Length overall  238 ft 7 inch
Beam  23 ft 6 inch
Draught  13 ft 3 inch
Displacement  914 tons (surface)
  1089 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth  150 ft
Speed  Surface 17 knots (design)
  Surface 17 to 17.5 knots (service)
  Submerged 10.5 knots (design)
  Submerged 10.5+ knots (service)
No. of shafts  2
Propeller  3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter
Armament  4 x 18 inch bow tubes
  2 x 18 inch beam tubes
  (10 torpedoes carried)
  1 x 4 inch gun
Endurance  Surface: 2800 miles at full power (design)
  Surface: 2850 miles at full power or 3600 miles at half full power (service)
  Submerged: 14 miles at full power (design)
  Submerged: 14 miles at full power or 65 miles at 5 knots (service)
Complement   38
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