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. <Read more ...>
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. <Read more ...>
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. <Read more ...>
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. <Read more ...>
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. <Read more ...>
