| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow)/ Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | L2 |
| Fate: | Sold 1946. Foundered off Nova Scotia May 1946 on way to shipbreakers. |
| 1924: | Lieutenant Commander | Edward Arthur Aylmer | DSC |
| 1930: | Lieutenant Commander | James Godfrey Wood Deneys | |
| 1933: | Commander | George Arthur Wallis Voelcker | |
| 1936: | Lieutenant | David Alexander Fraser | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant | Leslie Frederick Lewis Hill | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant | Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant | Robert Malcolm Galloway | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant | Francis John Brooks | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Thomas Noel Catlow | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Thomas Erasmus Barlow | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Leslie Frederick Lewis Hill | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | John Stirling Bridger | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Alan Hamilton Barnett Anderson | DSC |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Michael Geoffrey Rawson Lumby | MID |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Ernest John Donaldson Turner | DSO DSC |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Richard Molyneux Favell | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Robert Julian Clutterbuck | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Robert Boyd | DSC MID |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | David Swanston | DSC |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | Huston Roe Murray | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Hugh Seaburne May | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Richard Thomas Sallis | DSC |
1944 was sent to Canada for training purposes.
In October 1945, L23 was the last L boat to be taken out of service 28 years after she was laid down - thus reflecting the success of the class.
| 29-08-1917 | Laid Down |
| 01-07-1919 | Launched |
| 31-10-1924 | Completed |
| 22-02-1943 | While serving as A/S training target ship on Canada's east coast, HMS L 23 was sent to Philadelphia, USA for a refit. |
| 21-06-1945 | HMS L23 paid off |
E 22 (I 79) |
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| Class: | 1911 - 1924: E Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | E3 |
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Fate: Torpedoed and sunk by U18 in the North Sea on 25th April 1916. Two members of the crew picked up and landed at Zeebrugge. |
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Robert Wise's screen adaptation of the novel by Commander Edward L. Beach.
Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) is the only survivor when his submarine is sunk by the Japanese cruiser 'Bongo Pete'. Assigned a new command, Richardson becomes obsessed with revenge, ignoring orders to avoid the Japanese Bongo Straits and drilling his crew in manoeuvres designed to destroy Bongo Pete.
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E 22 (I 79) |
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| Class: | 1911 - 1924: E Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | E3 |
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Fate: Torpedoed and sunk by U18 in the North Sea on 25th April 1916. Two members of the crew picked up and landed at Zeebrugge. |
|
Robert Wise's screen adaptation of the novel by Commander Edward L. Beach.
Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) is the only survivor when his submarine is sunk by the Japanese cruiser 'Bongo Pete'. Assigned a new command, Richardson becomes obsessed with revenge, ignoring orders to avoid the Japanese Bongo Straits and drilling his crew in manoeuvres designed to destroy Bongo Pete.
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