HM Submarine L55

HM Submarine L55

HMS L55 was a 'L' class submarine laid down on 21 September 1917 and was commissioned on 19 December 1918. She was sunk in the Baltic in June 1919 by Bolshevik forces while serving as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. She was salvaged by the Soviets in 1928 and the remains of the crew were returned to the British. The crew were subsequently buried in a communal grave at Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery in Portsmouth. This community remembers the crew.

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  • Profile picture for William Fleetwood Shaw

    Born 1889

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy 271948 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Superb

    Royal Navy 271948 Boy Artificer Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)

    Royal Navy 271948 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HM Submarine L55

  • Profile picture for Bertram Edwin Potts

    Born 1890

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy J1511 Able Seaman HM Submarine L55

  • Profile picture for Alfred Henry Wakely

    Born 1884

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy Artificer Engineer

    Royal Navy 272280 Artificer Engineer

  • Born 1895

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy Lieutenant

  • Profile picture for William Edward Barton

    Born 1893

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy J7512 Able Seaman HMS CORDELIA

  • Profile picture for Walter Herbert Wash

    Born 1894

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy J12352 Boy2nd Class HMS Impregnable

    Royal Navy J12352 Able Seaman HMS INFLEXIBLE

  • Profile picture for Harry Butler

    Born 1892

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy K15724 Stoker II HMS Victory II

    Royal Navy K15724 Stoker 1st Class HMS Halcyon

    Royal Navy K15724 Stoker 1st Class L55

  • Profile picture for Francis John Ebling

    Born 1894

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy M2182 Boy Artificer HMS Indus

    Royal Navy M2182 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Ajax

    Royal Navy M2182 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class L55

  • Born 1889

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy Naval Cadet HMS Britannia

    Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Queen

    Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

  • Profile picture for Henry George Hazelden French

    Born 1901

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy J79157 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

    Royal Navy J79157 Boy Telegraphist HMS Ganges

    Royal Navy J79157 Boy Telegraphist L55

  • Profile picture for Thomas James Charles Taylor

    Born 1895

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy J13653 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

    Royal Navy J13653 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

    Royal Navy J13653 Ordinary Seaman HMS Minotaur

  • Profile picture for Roger Arthur Lilley

    Born 1898

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy M29898 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Vernon

    Royal Navy M29898 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class L55

  • Profile picture for Clifford Griffiths

    Born 1893

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy K12449 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

    Royal Navy K12449 Stoker 1st Class HMS Thunderer

    Royal Navy K12449 Leading Stoker L55

  • Profile picture for Herbert Crook

    Born 1892

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy J4894 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

    Royal Navy J4894 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

    Royal Navy J4894 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hannibal

  • Profile picture for William Parnell

    Born 1891

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy K5042 Acting Stoker Petty Officer Hm Submarine L55

  • Profile picture for Bernard Leven

    Born 1892

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy K11579 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory Ii

    Royal Navy K11579 Stoker 1st Class HMS Egmont

    Royal Navy K11579 Acting Leading Stoker L55

  • Profile picture for Archibald Thomas Gascoyne

    Born 1895

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy J11344 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

    Royal Navy J11344 Able Seaman HMS SOUTHAMPTON

  • Profile picture for Denis O'connell

    Born 1890

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy K9557 Leading Stoker H.M. Submarine L.55.

  • Profile picture for Donald Meiklejohn Angus

    Born 1892

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy 272470 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HM Submarine L55

  • Profile picture for Frank Wilks

    Born 1893

    Died 1919

    Royal Navy J7669 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

    Royal Navy J7669 Boy 1st Class HMS Antrim

    Royal Navy J7669 Ordinary Seaman HMS Bulwark

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