L10

 

Type:
'L' Class

Group Two
Pennant No.:
L.10
Laid Down:
26th February 1917.
Denny, Dumbarton.

Commissioned:
1st June 1918.
Lt. Cdr. A. E. Whitehouse.

Commander:
1918
Lt. Cdr. A. E. Whitehouse.

Complement:
39
3 Officers and 36 Ratings.

Service Career:
1918
9th Flotilla, HMS Maidstone,Harwich.

Fate:
Attacked the German Destroyer S.33, which was one of four ships of a squadron, on 2/3rd October 1918.
S.33 and her companions attacked L10 after she had fired her torpedoes and sank her with all hands.
S.33 was so badly damaged that the remainder of the squadron, after taking onboard all of her crew, sank her.
She was the only 'L' class submarine to be lost in WWI.

Lost with all hands, 2/3rd October 1918.