British L class submarine

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The L class submarines were a class of 27 British diesel-electric submarines built for the Royal Navy during World War I. They were larger versions of the successful E class and some survived to serve in the Second World War.

They were built in three groups, with slightly different armament in each group. They carried about 20 tons of their diesel fuel in external tanks, the first Royal Navy submarines to do so.

L-26 was discovered on the seabed near the crash site of Swissair Flight 111 off the coast of Nova Scotia near Peggys Cove. It had been transferred to Canada during World War II, and had been used to train sonar operators. She was finally scuttled in 1946, and forgotten. ^[1]

[edit] L class submarines

HMS L1
HMS L2
HMS L3
HMS L4
HMS L5
HMS L6
HMS L7
HMS L8
HMS L9
HMS L10
HMS L11
HMS L12
HMS L14
HMS L15
HMS L16
HMS L17
HMS L18
HMS L19
HMS L20
HMS L21
HMS L22
HMS L23
HMS L24
HMS L25
HMS L26
HMS L27
HMS L33
HMS L52
HMS L53
HMS L54
HMS L55
HMS L56
HMS L69
HMS L71

Numbers L14-L19, L21-L54 and L69 were never fully commissioned, only serving as reserve and training boats briefly post-war. All numbers not listed were never ordered, or construction was incomplete at the time their order was cancelled.