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Class :
L Builder : Country : UK Ship Type : Submarine Pennants : L8, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L15, L17, L19, L20, L23, L26, L27, L54, L56, L69, L71, L6, L7, L9, L10, L11, L12, L14, L16, L18, L21, L22, L24, L25, L33, L52, L53, L55 Profile : L13 omitted, probably due to superstition. L28 to L32 were broken up after being laid down. L34, L35, L50, L51, L57 to L68, L70, L72, L73 and L74 all cancelled. L36 to L49 were never ordered. |
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L Class Submarines. c. 1917 - 1919 |
Ships in the L class (ordered by name)... : | ||
Name | Launched | Fate |
L1 | 10th May 1917 | Sold for scrap March 1930. |
L10 | 24th January 1918 | Sunk 30th October 1918. |
L11 | 26th February 1918 | Sold 16th February 1932. |
L12 | 16th March 1918 | Sold 16th February 1932. |
L14 | 10th June 1918 | Sold May 1934. |
L15 | 16th January 1918 | Sold February 1932. |
L16 | 9th April 1918 | Sold February 1932. |
L17 | 13th May 1918 | Sold February 1934. |
L18 | 21st November 1918 | Sold October 1936. |
L19 | 4th February 1919 | Scrapped 12th April 1937. |
L2 | 6th July 1917 | Scrapped May 1930. |
L20 | 23rd September 1918 | Sold 7th January 1935. |
L21 | 11th October 1919 | Sold for scrap February 1939. |
L22 | 25th October 1919 | Sold 20th August 1935. |
L23 | 1st July 1919 | Foundered under tow to breakers, May 1946. |
L24 | 19th February 1919 | Sunk in collision with HMS Resolution 10th January 1924. |
L25 | 13th February 1919 | Scrapped October 1935. |
L26 | 25th September 1919 | Paid off 21st December 1944 in Canada and scuttled 20th September 1945 near Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
L27 | 14th June 1919 | After launch towed to HM Dockyard, Sheerness for completion. Scrapped in Canada 1944. |
L3 | 1st September 1917 | Scrapped 29th October 1930. |
L33 | 29th May 1919 | Sold February 1932. |
L4 | 17th November 1917 | Scrapped 24th February 1934. |
L5 | 26th January 1918 | Scrapped 20th November 1930. |
L52 | 18th December 1918 | Scrapped September 1935. |
L53 | 12th August 1919 | Scrapped 23rd January 1939. |
L54 | 20th August 1919 | Completed at Devonport. Scrapped 2nd February 1939. |
L55 | 21st September 1918 | Sunk 9th June 1919. Salvaged on 11th August 1928 and commissioned into the Soviet Navy. Scrapped c1960. |
L56 | 29th May 1919 | Scrapped 16th April 1938. |
L6 | 14th January 1918 | Scrapped January 1935. |
L69 | 6th December 1918 | Sold for scrap February 1939. |
L7 | 24th April 1917 | Scrapped 26th February 1930. |
L71 | 17th May 1919 | Sold for scrap 25th March 1938. |
L8 | 7th July 1917 | Scrapped 7th October 1930 |
L9 | 29th January 1918 | Foundered at Hong Kong 18th August 1923 - Raised 6th September 1923. Sold 30th June 1927. |
Ships in the L class (ordered by launch date)... : | ||
Name | Launched | Fate |
L4 | 17th November 1917 | Scrapped 24th February 1934. |
L7 | 24th April 1917 | Scrapped 26th February 1930. |
L1 | 10th May 1917 | Sold for scrap March 1930. |
L2 | 6th July 1917 | Scrapped May 1930. |
L8 | 7th July 1917 | Scrapped 7th October 1930 |
L3 | 1st September 1917 | Scrapped 29th October 1930. |
L6 | 14th January 1918 | Scrapped January 1935. |
L15 | 16th January 1918 | Sold February 1932. |
L10 | 24th January 1918 | Sunk 30th October 1918. |
L5 | 26th January 1918 | Scrapped 20th November 1930. |
L9 | 29th January 1918 | Foundered at Hong Kong 18th August 1923 - Raised 6th September 1923. Sold 30th June 1927. |
L18 | 21st November 1918 | Sold October 1936. |
L52 | 18th December 1918 | Scrapped September 1935. |
L69 | 6th December 1918 | Sold for scrap February 1939. |
L11 | 26th February 1918 | Sold 16th February 1932. |
L12 | 16th March 1918 | Sold 16th February 1932. |
L16 | 9th April 1918 | Sold February 1932. |
L17 | 13th May 1918 | Sold February 1934. |
L14 | 10th June 1918 | Sold May 1934. |
L55 | 21st September 1918 | Sunk 9th June 1919. Salvaged on 11th August 1928 and commissioned into the Soviet Navy. Scrapped c1960. |
L20 | 23rd September 1918 | Sold 7th January 1935. |
L21 | 11th October 1919 | Sold for scrap February 1939. |
L22 | 25th October 1919 | Sold 20th August 1935. |
L25 | 13th February 1919 | Scrapped October 1935. |
L24 | 19th February 1919 | Sunk in collision with HMS Resolution 10th January 1924. |
L19 | 4th February 1919 | Scrapped 12th April 1937. |
L71 | 17th May 1919 | Sold for scrap 25th March 1938. |
L56 | 29th May 1919 | Scrapped 16th April 1938. |
L33 | 29th May 1919 | Sold February 1932. |
L27 | 14th June 1919 | After launch towed to HM Dockyard, Sheerness for completion. Scrapped in Canada 1944. |
L23 | 1st July 1919 | Foundered under tow to breakers, May 1946. |
L53 | 12th August 1919 | Scrapped 23rd January 1939. |
L54 | 20th August 1919 | Completed at Devonport. Scrapped 2nd February 1939. |
L26 | 25th September 1919 | Paid off 21st December 1944 in Canada and scuttled 20th September 1945 near Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
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