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L 55

Built By: Fairfield (Clyde)
Build Group: L3
Fate: It is beleived that after firing her torpedoes at Soviet destroyers she had broken surface. She is subsequently thought to have dived into a minefield to evade the attacking destroyers and exploded a British mine, 4th June 1919.

She was salvaged and repaired by the Russians and put into service 7th August 1931.

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Commanders
1919: Lieutenant   C Chapman

1919 Baltic Flotilla. Lucia, Revel, Estonia.

Roll of Honour
42
Adams, Herbert James
K 24581
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 22
Stoker 1st Class
Angus, Donald Meiklejohn
272470
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 27
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
Barton, William Edward
J 7512
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Leading Seaman
Butler, Harry
K 15724
Born: 11th May, 1893.
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Stoker 1st Class
RN DoB 11/11/1892
Chapman, Charles Manners Sutton DSC*
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 30
Lieutenant
Commanding Officer
Clarkson, Albert
J 28603
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Leading Seaman
Clifton, Frederick
K 18374
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Stoker 1st Class
Crook, Herbert
J 4894
Born: 22nd Aug, 1893.
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Petty Officer
RN DoB 22/08/1892
Crysell, Albert William
J 15756
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Dagg, Charles Frederick
J 3758
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Petty Officer Telegraphist
Davies, Leonard Frank
J 7627
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Leading Signalman
Ebling, Francis John
M 2182
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
Fenn, William
J 18493
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Finnis, John Files
K 16255
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 28
Stoker 1st Class
Flodin, Robert William
K 8277
Born: 3rd Feb, 1893.
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Leading Stoker
RN DoB 03/02/1892
French, Henry George Hazelden
J 79157
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 17
Boy Telegraphist
Gascoyne, Archibald Thomas
J 11344
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 24
Able Seaman
Gissing, Joseph
J 8374
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Able Seaman
Griffiths, Clifford
K 12449
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Leading Stoker
Guy, James
226859
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 31
Chief Petty Officer
Hammersley, Rupert Lawrence
J 5015
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Leading Seaman
Howes, James
K 23105
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Stoker 1st Class
Jennings, Harry Clarence
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 29
Lieutenant
Leven, Bernard
K 11579
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 27
Leading Stoker
Lilley, Roger Arthur
M 29898
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 21
Electrical Artificer 4th Class
O'Connell, Denis
K 9557
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 28
Leading Stoker
Orme, Louis
J 22122
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Parnell, William
K 5042
Born: 27th Jul, 1892.
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Stoker Petty Officer
RN DoB 27/07/1891
Potter, Cyril Charles Nicholas
M 2722
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 30
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
Potts, Bertram Edwin
J 1511
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 28
Able Seaman
Reid, John Stewart Gilchrist (RNR) DSC
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 31
Lieutenant
Shaw, William Fleetwood DSM
271948
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 29
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
Southwell, Henry Kenneth Martin
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 24
Lieutenant
Staines, John Patrick
K 15531
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 25
Stoker 1st Class
Taylor, Thomas James Charles
J 13653
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 24
Petty Officer
Trickett, Charles
K 14239
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Stoker 1st Class
At birth Trickett, Charles Fred Served as Trickett, Charles
Tundervary, John Herbert
K 10680
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 27
Leading Stoker
At birth Tundervery, John Herbert Served as Tundervary, John Herbert
Wakely, Alfred Henry
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 35
Artificer Engineer
Wash, Walter Herbert
J 12352
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 24
Able Seaman
Wells, Charles Tingay
J 23612
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Westcott, Greenfield
K 1139
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 33
Leading Seaman
Wilks, Frank
J 7669
Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
Aged: 26
Petty Officer

Events

01-05-1917  Laid Down
21-09-1918  Launched
19-12-1918  Completed
04-06-1919  It is believed that after firing her torpedoes at Soviet destroyers she had broken surface.

She is subsequently thought to have dived into a minefield to evade the attacking destroyers and exploded a British mine.
07-08-1931  Salvaged and repaired by the Russians and put into service.
L3 Specification
Length overall  238 ft 7 inch
Beam  23 ft 6 inch
Draught  13 ft 2 inch
Displacement  914 tons (surface)
  1089 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth  150 ft
Speed  Surface 17 knots (design)
  Surface 17 to 17.5 knots (service)
  Submerged 10.5 knots (design)
  Submerged 10.5+ knots (service)
No. of shafts  2
Propeller  3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter
Armament  4 x 18 inch bow tubes, 2 x 18 inch beam tubes (10 torpedoes carried). 1 x 4 inch gun
Endurance  Surface: 2800 miles at full power (design)
  Surface: 2850 miles at full power or 3600 miles at half full power (service)
  Submerged: 14 miles at full power (design)
  Submerged: 14 miles at full power or 65 miles at 5 knots (service)
Complement  41
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