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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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Born 1891
Died 1919
Royal Navy K16255 Stoker 1st Class
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Born 1884
Died 1919
Royal Navy Artificer Engineer
Royal Navy 272280 Artificer Engineer
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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
More about Henry George Hazelden French -
Born 1898
Died 1919
Royal Navy M29898 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Vernon
Royal Navy M29898 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class L55
More about Roger Arthur Lilley -
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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More about Frank Wilks -
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
More about Harry Butler -
Born 1885
Died 1919
Royal Navy K1139 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Acheron
Royal Navy K1139 Stoker 1st Class HMS Africa
Royal Navy K1139 Leading Stoker HMS Bonaventure
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More about Greenfield Westcott -
Born 1893
Died 1919
Royal Navy J7512 Able Seaman HMS CORDELIA
More about William Edward Barton -
Born 1895
Died 1919
Royal Navy Lieutenant
More about Henry Kenneth Martin Southwell -
Born 1892
Died 1919
Royal Navy K23105 Stoker 1st Class HMS Falmouth
More about James Howes -
Born 1894
Died 1919
Royal Navy K18374 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II
Royal Navy K18374 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Fearless
More about Frederick Clifton -
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
More about William Fleetwood Shaw -
Born 1887
Died 1919
Royal Navy 226859 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy 226859 Boy 1st Class HMS Lion
Royal Navy 226859 Ordinary Seaman
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More about James Guy -
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
More about Francis John Ebling -
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
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More about Thomas James Charles Taylor -
Born 1895
Died 1919
Royal Navy J23612 Boy 1st Class HMS Vivid I
Royal Navy J23612 Ordinary Seaman
Royal Navy J23612 Able Seaman HMS Venerable
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Born 1893
Died 1919
Royal Navy J5015 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges
Royal Navy J5015 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J5015 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable
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More about Rupert Lawrence Hammersley -
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
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Born 1887
Died 1919
Royal Navy 01769 Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve
More about John Stewart Gilchrist Reid