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1928 H.M.S/M L3 at Mirs Bay

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 2021-04-30 09:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928

4th Flotilla Submarines at Tolo.jpg

Submitted by jill on Sat, 2020-04-25 23:11
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1929

Photograph from WR Fell's 1928-1929 album. Shows HM Submarines L3, L20, L33 and L27.

Work party L3.JPG

Submitted by jill on Tue, 2019-11-19 04:08
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1929

I can only speculate what is happening here, but maybe a submarine expert can offer an opinion. Are the three officers standing on the keel of L3? It looks as if some sort of inspection for damage is going on.
 

L3 entering harbour.jpg

Submitted by jill on Thu, 2019-11-07 07:12
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928

HM Submarine L3 entering Hong Kong harbour. Photo from the 1928-1929 album of William Richmond Fell.

L3's crew less 5 Hands.JPG

Submitted by jill on Wed, 2019-11-06 20:29
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928

This is a formal photograph of the entire crew of HM Submarine L3 less five hands, as the title says. Lt-Cdr William Fell is seated in the centre. I'm afraid I can't identify anyone else, but Lt Gordon-Duff Lt Lonsdale and Chief Engineer Waterson will be there. I will upload other informal photos of them. This photo is from the 1928-1929 album of William Richmond Fell.
 

Piratical Fishing Junks.jpg

Submitted by jill on Mon, 2019-10-28 03:36
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928

Presumably taken from HM Submarine L3. From the 1928-1929 album of William Richmond Fell. There may be an account of what happened next in his journals.

Randall Thomas GORDON-DUFF (aka Randy) [1904-1942]

Submitted by jill on Mon, 2019-10-28 02:59
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Gordon-Duff
Given: 
Randall Thomas
Alias / nickname: 
Randy
Birth
Date: 
1904-08-19
Death
Date: 
1942-01-31
Cause of death: 
Ship torpedoed and sunk

Lt Randy Gordon-Duff was an officer on HM Submarine L3 in the 4th Submarine Flotilla on the China Station 1928-1929. The task of the flotilla was to chase down pirates up and down the China coast, mainly around Wei-Hai-Wei, Bia's Bay and Hong Kong. Gordon-Duff was promoted to Lt Cmdr and returned to Hong Kong commanding HMS Proteus in 1939-1940. He died when HMS Culver which he was commanding in 1942 was hit and sunk by two torpedoes off Cape Clear while escorting a convoy. He married Mollie Olga Sinclair in 1937.

Birthplace (country): 
Scotland
Tags: 
4th Submarine Flotilla
HMS L3
HMS Titania

Gordon Duff on HM Submarine L3.JPG

Submitted by jill on Tue, 2019-10-22 05:54
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928

This photo is from the personal album of William Richmond Fell dated 1928-1929. Gordon Duff was a member of the L3 crew and appears in several photos in this album. His full name was Lt Cdr Randall Thomas Gordon-Duff. He would return to Hong Kong with H.M.S. Proteus in 1939 and 1940.

1928 H. M. S/M L3 Entering the Harbour

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2019-10-07 17:21
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928

Dated February 1928.

1928 H.M. S/M L3 - Winners of Submarine Cup (China)

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2019-10-07 17:12
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928

Seated left to right: Gordon Duff, Fell, Cdr. Edwards and Lonsdale. Standing - Engr. Waterson. Perhaps on board Titania.

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