HMS L24
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS L24 |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 13 February 1919 |
| Fate: | Sunk after collision, 10 January 1924 |
| 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 • 16 × mines • 1 × 4-inch gun[1] |
HMS L24 was an L-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 13 February 1919 and was commissioned on an unknown date.
Sinking
L24 was sunk in a collision with the battleship Resolution during an exercise off Portland Bill in the English Channel on 10 January 1924. The crew were lost. A memorial is located in St Ann's Church in HMNB Portsmouth.[2]
The wreck is located at 50°22.50′N 02°37.79′W / 50.37500°N 2.62983°W at a depth of 52 metres. Her hydroplanes remain set to hard dive, indicating that she was trying to take evasive action. A hatch is open and there is obvious damage where Resolution sliced into her hull. The wreck is designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ↑ St Ann's Church - Submarine L24
Bibliography
- Innes McCartney (2002). Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel.
- 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.
External links
- SI 2008/0950 Designation under the Protection of Military Remains Act
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