HMS L14
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HMS L14 was a British L class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 19 January 1917 and was commissioned on an unknown date.
HMS L14 was one of the many group two L class submarines to be built as a minelayer carrying 16 mines. This meant that the two beam tubes had to be removed.
HMS L14 was sold in May 1934 in Newport.
The periscope from L14 is preserved at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport. It may be the only surviving example of a WWI periscope. It was manufactured by Grubb & Co in 1918.
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- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson
