Allied Warships

HMS L 26 (N 26)

Submarine of the L class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassL 
PennantN 26 
Built byVickers (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 1917 
Launched29 May 1919 
Commissioned12 Oct 1926 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed at Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.).

Expended as a target of the Canadian coast on 25 September 1945.

 

Commands listed for HMS L 26 (N 26)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Michael Beauchamp St. John, RN???Oct 1940

2Lt. Stephen Lynch Conway Maydon, RN21 Feb 194124 Apr 1941

3Lt. Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner, RN1 Oct 194110 Jan 1942
4Henry Denys Verschoyle, RN10 Jan 1942Jun 1942
5Lt. Cyril Astell Pardoe, RNRJun 194229 Jul 1942
6Henry Denys Verschoyle, RN29 Jul 1942

7Lt. Andrew George Prideaux, DSC, RN2 Aug 194314 Oct 1944
8Lt. Richard Thomas Sallis, DSC, RN14 Oct 1944

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