L 12
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | L2 |
| Fate: | Sold 16th February 1932. |
L 12
L12
L12, H28 and possibly R7 at Gosport, 1938.
Commanders
| 1929: | Lieutenant Commander | H P K Oram |
1929 - D Group Reserve Flotilla. Portsmouth.
In 1918 she torpedoed and sank U-90 in the Skagerrak.
Submarine disaster off fishguard, as L12 submarine rams H47 submarine. The H47 sank.
Events
| 16-03-1918 | Launched |
| 30-06-1918 | Commissioned |
| 09-07-1929 | HMS L12 was at sea with an Officer Training Class; at the same time H47 was on independent exercises in the Irish Sea. At 0800 both submarines were off the Pembrokeshire coast with L12 ahead of H47. L12 suddenly altered course to starboard. H47 at once went full astern and to collision stations. The two submarines crashed together with L21 bow penetrating about 2 feet. In only 15 seconds H47 began to sink. L12 also began to take in water but her crew managed to control the flood. Petty Officer Hicks was on the bridge of H47 at the time of the collision and had a remarkable escape. He had jumped from the bridge onto the bows of L12 and grabbed hold of her forward jumping wire. He was taken down with L12 but managed to cling to the wire until she returned to the surface. |
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