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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

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L 10
L 10
M3 while she still had her gun
M3 while she still had her gun

The only L Class submarine to be lost in WWI.

Roll of Honour
39
Died: 30-10-1918
Baker, William Frampton  J 21375
Leading Telegraphist Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 21
Banks, James Augustine  J 14547
Able Seaman Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 23
Bird, Percy Henry  M 10934
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 28
Blackman, Edward Richard  K 5537
Stoker 1st Class Born: 15-11-1890 Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 27
RN DoB 15/11/1891
Bontor, Lawrence Sidney 
Lieutenant Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 22
Brinjes, Stanley Lionel  (RNR)
Lieutenant Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 27
Charlton, Philip Henry  K 10429
Leading Stoker Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 27
Cox, Daniel Edwin  J 29385
Able Seaman Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 21
Denton, Alfred Thomas  K 16552
Stoker 1st Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 26
Elkington, Stanley Ernest  K 25018
Stoker 1st Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 21
Epps, Thomas Herbert  J 23611
Able Seaman Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 23
Eyres, Frank  DSM 286254
Chief Stoker Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 40
Gleeson, Martin  202170
Leading Seaman Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 35
Graham, John  (RNVR) 1/148
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 25
Grant, Hedley Alexander  J 13016
Able Seaman Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 23
Greener, Joseph  237582
Able Seaman Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 29
Gurney, Alfred Albert  163894
Chief Petty Officer Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 43
Hawkins, George Henry  K 13085
Stoker 1st Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 27
Hayward, Harry  K 8026
Leading Stoker Born: 09-12-1892 Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 25
RN DoB 09/12/1891
Hughes, Cyril James  J 14422
Able Seaman Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 23
Hutchings, Frank Ernest  SS 116833
Stoker 1st Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 23
Hutchings, Samuel James  J 6140
Petty Officer Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 25
Langston, Frank  SS 114866
Stoker 1st Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 23
Link, Harry  229291
Leading Seaman Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 31
Maynard, William Frampton  211470
Able Seaman Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 33
McCarthy, Ernest Frank  J 29831
Able Seaman Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 21
Miles, William James  269833
Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 40
Nunn, Arthur Walter  K 26311
Stoker 1st Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 25
Owen, Norman Frederick  M 26288
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 25
Pulman, Edward James  J 10926
Signalman Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 23
Rawson, Cornelius  K 13807
Stoker 1st Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 26
Smith, Harold Lindsay  DSC
Artificer Engineer Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 38
Stewart, John Alexander  K 25780
Stoker 1st Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 24
Walkden, Harold Gordon  RAN 2294
Leading Stoker Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 26
Walsh, Festy  K 30492
Stoker 1st Class Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 24
Also known as O'Toole, Henry.
Weir, William Miller  J 61125
Telegraphist Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 18
Wheatley, James Atkinson 
Lieutenant Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 22
Whitehouse, Alfred Edward 
Lieutenant Commander Died: 30-10-1918 Aged: 30
Commanding Officer
Whybrow, Ernest George  J 19991
Leading Seaman Died: 30-10-1918 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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