Terror off the Tyne I – A Tale of Two U-boats
Gaze in any direction from St Mary’s Lighthouse, you find yourself surrounded by the savage magnificence of this coast. Storms can blow up out of
Month: March 2019
HM S/M L 26
Type Submarine Class L Pennant N 26 Builder Vickers (Barrow) Ordered Dec 1916 Laid down 1917 Launched 29 May 1919 Commissioned 12 Oct
HM S/M Unity
Class U Pennant N 66 Mod First Group Built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness Ordered 5 Nov 1936 Laid down 19 Feb 1937 Launched 16 Feb
HM S/M L 23
The story of L 23 is fascinating because the boat was operational from Blyth in 1939-1940 but also returned as the principal sea training Boat