Class

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

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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