DEFENCE: The bodies of L55 victims being interned at Haslar Naval Cemetery at Portsmouth (1928)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit In June 1919 the Royal Navy HM Submarine L55 struck a mine previously moored by the British while in action against two Bolshevic Destroyers. Full Description: ENGLAND: Hampshire: Portsmouth: SLATE INFORMATION: The internment at Haslar Naval Cemetery Naval procession through the streets / Gun carriages with coffins / rifle volley gun salute Background: In June 1919 the Royal Navy HM Submarine L55 struck a mine previously moored by the British while in action against two Bolshevic Destroyers. In 1928 the submarine was raised and the bodies returned to Britain, where they were buried in a collective grave in the Haslar Royal Navy Cemetery at Portsmouth. Shots of the formal ceremonial funeral. FILM ID: VLVABK4YCBP8PYSR8GSLWH7BLI58Q To license this film, visit