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 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
Born 1890
Died 1919
Royal Navy J1511 Able Seaman HM Submarine L55
Born 1884
Died 1919
Royal Navy Artificer Engineer
Royal Navy 272280 Artificer Engineer
Born 1895
Died 1919
Royal Navy Lieutenant
Born 1893
Died 1919
Royal Navy J7512 Able Seaman HMS CORDELIA
Born 1894
Died 1919
Royal Navy J12352 Boy2nd Class HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J12352 Able Seaman HMS INFLEXIBLE
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
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
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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
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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Born 1898
Died 1919
Royal Navy M29898 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Vernon
Royal Navy M29898 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class L55
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
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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
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Born 1891
Died 1919
Royal Navy K5042 Acting Stoker Petty Officer Hm Submarine L55
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
Born 1895
Died 1919
Royal Navy J11344 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J11344 Able Seaman HMS SOUTHAMPTON
Born 1890
Died 1919
Royal Navy K9557 Leading Stoker H.M. Submarine L.55.
Born 1892
Died 1919
Royal Navy 272470 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HM Submarine L55
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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