A Royal Navy committee investigated submarine morale in 1926 and concluded that boats needed names. First World War crews in numbered submarines had felt that they were expendable. Naming the boats gave the navy a way to address that concern.
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Why the Royal Navy restored names to submarines
A 1926 Royal Navy committee concluded that named submarines supported morale after letter-and-number boats left crews feeling expendable.