F. S. Bell used. F. S. Bell Captain Frederick Secker Bell CB (17 August 1897 – 23 November 1973) of the Royal Navy was the commander of during the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939. He was educated at Matfield Grange, a prep school in Kent, and then at the Royal Naval Colleges of Osborne and Dartmouth. He served afloat in the battleship at the Battle of Jutland, as First Lieutenant of the destroyer in the Reserve Fleet at Devonport, 1923–25, and as executive officer of from 1935–38 and was promoted captain on 31 December 1938. He took command of in
USS S-25 (SS-130) her proper course, and on 2 May 1942 was sunk by friendly fire by the destroyer HMS "St. Albans" (ex-USS "Thomas") and the minesweeper HMS "Seagull". USS S-25 (SS-130) USS "S-25" (SS-130) was a first-group ("S-1" or "Holland") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. "S-25" was laid down on 26 October 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 29 May 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Ross P. Schlabach, and commissioned on 9 July 1923 with Lieutenant Commander George H. Fort in command. Operating from New London, Connecticut, in 1923, "S-25" participated in winter