| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow)/ Devonport Dockyard |
| Build Group: | L2ML |
| Fate: | She was sunk as a target for sonar testing off St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia on 1 November 1946. The wreck was rediscovered during the search for wreckage from the Swissair Flight 111 crash. |
| 1932: | Lieutenant Commander | John Hugh Lewes | |
| 1935: | Lieutenant Commander | Robert Witherington Peers | |
| 1936: | Lieutenant Commander | William Kenneth Ramsden Cross | |
| 1938: | Lieutenant Commander | Frank Woodgate Lipscomb | OBE |
| 1940: | Lieutenant | John Bertram de Betham Kershaw | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant | Richard Prendergast Raikes | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Michael Beauchamp St John | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Stephen Lynch Conway Maydon | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner | DSC |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Cyril Astell Pardoe (RNR) | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Henry Denys Verschoyle | DSC MID |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | Andrew George Prideaux | DSC |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Richard Thomas Sallis | DSC |
L26 was damaged in the Mediterranean in March 1929, but was repaired in Gibraltar. She was used as a training submarine from 1940 to 1942.
She was transferred to Canada in 1944 as an anti-submarine training ship. She was based at Digby, Nova Scotia at HMCS Cornwallis and at Bermuda, attached to HMCS Somers Isles.
| 25-09-1919 | Launched |
| 08-10-1933 | There was an explosion on board in Campbeltown Harbour, Scotland, which killed two and injured 10 crew. |
| 21-12-1944 | HMS L-26 paid off Halifax NS |
| 01-11-1946 | HMS L-26 scuttled Halifax approaches |
C 17 (I 47) |
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| Class: | 1903 - 1906: C Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | C1 |
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Fate: Sunk in collision with HMS Lurcher in May 1917. Repaired but scrapped 20th November 1919. |
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Hunter Killers will follow the careers of four daring British submarine captains who risked their lives to keep the rest of us safe, their exploits consigned to the shadows until now.
Their experiences encompass the span of the Cold War, from voyages in WW2-era submarines under Arctic ice to nuclear-powered espionage missions in Soviet-dominated seas.
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C 17 (I 47) |
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| Class: | 1903 - 1906: C Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | C1 |
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Fate: Sunk in collision with HMS Lurcher in May 1917. Repaired but scrapped 20th November 1919. |
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Hunter Killers will follow the careers of four daring British submarine captains who risked their lives to keep the rest of us safe, their exploits consigned to the shadows until now.
Their experiences encompass the span of the Cold War, from voyages in WW2-era submarines under Arctic ice to nuclear-powered espionage missions in Soviet-dominated seas.
18 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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