| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | L |
| Pennant | N 26 |
| Built by | Vickers (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | Dec 1916 |
| Laid down | 1917 |
| Launched | 29 May 1919 |
| Commissioned | 12 Oct 1926 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Completed at Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.). Expended as a target of the Canadian coast on 25 September 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS L 26 (N 26)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Frank Woodgate Lipscomb, OBE, RN | 19 Apr 1938 | 11 Mar 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. Patrick Lainson Field, RN | 11 Mar 1940 | Jul 1940 |
| 3 | Lt. John Bertram de Betham Kershaw, RN | Jul 1940 | Oct 1940 |
| 4 | Lt. Ronald Sycamore Frost, RNR | Oct 1940 | 5 Jan 1941 |
| 5 | Lt. Cecil Gordon, RN | 5 Jan 1941 | 21 Feb 1941 |
| 6 | Lt. Stephen Lynch Conway Maydon, RN | 21 Feb 1941 | 24 Apr 1941 |
| 7 | Lt. Michael Beauchamp St. John, RN | 24 Apr 1941 | 1 Oct 1941 |
| 8 | Lt. Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner, RN | 1 Oct 1941 | 10 Jan 1942 |
| 9 | Lt. Henry Denys Verschoyle, DSC, RN | 10 Jan 1942 | 7 Jun 1942 |
| 10 | Lt. Cyril Astell Pardoe, RNR | 7 Jun 1942 | 29 Jul 1942 |
| 11 | Lt. Henry Denys Verschoyle, DSC, RN | 29 Jul 1942 | 2 Aug 1943 |
| 12 | Lt. Andrew George Prideaux, DSC, RN | 2 Aug 1943 | 14 Oct 1944 |
| 13 | Lt. Richard Thomas Sallis, DSC, RN | 14 Oct 1944 |
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