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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
L 10
M3 while she still had her gun
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.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 21
Banks, James Augustine  J 14547
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Bird, Percy Henry  M 10934
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 28
Blackman, Edward Richard  K 5537 Born: 15th Nov, 1890. 
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 27
RN DoB 15/11/1891
Bontor, Lawrence Sidney 
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Lieutenant Aged: 22
Brinjes, Stanley Lionel  (RNR)
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Lieutenant Aged: 27
Charlton, Philip Henry  K 10429
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Leading Stoker Aged: 27
Cox, Daniel Edwin  J 29385
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
Denton, Alfred Thomas  K 16552
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 26
Elkington, Stanley Ernest  K 25018
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 21
Epps, Thomas Herbert  J 23611
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Eyres, Frank  DSM 286254
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Chief Stoker Aged: 40
Gleeson, Martin  202170
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Leading Seaman Aged: 35
Graham, John  (RNVR) 1/148
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Aged: 25
Grant, Hedley Alexander  J 13016
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Greener, Joseph  237582
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 29
Gurney, Alfred Albert  163894
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Chief Petty Officer Aged: 43
Hawkins, George Henry  K 13085
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 27
Hayward, Harry  K 8026 Born: 9th Dec, 1892. 
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Leading Stoker Aged: 25
RN DoB 09/12/1891
Hughes, Cyril James  J 14422
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Hutchings, Frank Ernest  SS 116833
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 23
Hutchings, Samuel James  J 6140
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Petty Officer Aged: 25
Langston, Frank  SS 114866
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 23
Link, Harry  229291
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Leading Seaman Aged: 31
Maynard, William Frampton  211470
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 33
McCarthy, Ernest Frank  J 29831
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
Miles, William James  269833
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Aged: 40
Nunn, Arthur Walter  K 26311
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 25
Owen, Norman Frederick  M 26288
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 25
Pulman, Edward James  J 10926
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Signalman Aged: 23
Rawson, Cornelius  K 13807
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 26
Smith, Harold Lindsay  DSC
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Artificer Engineer Aged: 38
Stewart, John Alexander  K 25780
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Walkden, Harold Gordon  RAN 2294
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Leading Stoker Aged: 26
Walsh, Festy  K 30492
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Also known as O'Toole, Henry.
Weir, William Miller  J 61125
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Telegraphist Aged: 18
Wheatley, James Atkinson 
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Lieutenant Aged: 22
Whitehouse, Alfred Edward 
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Lieutenant Commander Aged: 30
Commanding Officer
Whybrow, Ernest George  J 19991
Died: 30th Oct, 1918.
Leading Seaman Aged: 23

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.
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