BRITISH PROVINCIAL SCHOOL (MID 20TH CENTURY)
H.M. submarine L.S photographed from the air c.1918
titled
oil on board
42 x 56 cm

HMS L5 was laid down in 1916 by Swan Hunter at their Wallsend shipyard, launched in 1917, and completed in 1918. She was based at Falmouth, Cornwall in 1918. L5 was assigned to the 4th Submarine Flotilla and HMS Titania in 1919 and sailed to Hong Kong, arriving in 1920. She served on the China Station with other vessels of this class in the 1920s.