HMS L23

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Career

Name:	HMS L23
Builder:	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down:	29 August 1917
Decommissioned:	May 1946
General characteristics
Class & type:	L class submarine
Displacement:	890 long tons (904 t) surfaced 1,074 long tons (1,091 t) submerged^[1]
Length:	228 ft (69 m)
Beam:	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed:	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range:	2,800 nmi (5,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced^[1]
Complement:	38
Armament:	• 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes • 2 × 18 in (457 mm) beam torpedo tubes • 8 × 21 inch and 2 × 18 inch torpedoes • 1 × 4-inch gun^[1]

HMS L23 was a British L class submarine laid down on 29 August 1917 and moved to HM Dockyard, Chatham for completion. She was commissioned on an unknown date.

HMS L23 survived a heavy depth charge attack by two German destroyers in February 1940. But luckily, an oil escape occurred which fooled the Germans into believing she was destroyed.

L23 was decommissioned in May 1946 after a long, distinguished service.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2010.

Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.

v t e British L-class submarine

L1 class	L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8

L9 class	L9 L10 L11 L12 L14 L15 L16 L17 L18 L19 L20 L21 L22 L23 L24 L25 L26 L27 L33

L50 class	L52 L53 L54 L55 L56 L69 L71

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