L 23
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow)/ Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | L2 |
| Fate: | Sold 1946. Foundered off Nova Scotia May 1946 on way to shipbreakers. |
L23
L23
L23
Commanders
| 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.
Events
| 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 |
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