HMS Seal (N37)
Service
- as HMS Seal24 May 1939 — in service2,193 days of the war
- as UB30 November 1940 — 31 July 1941242 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Seal
- Pennant / hull number
- N37
- Builder
- Chatham Dockyard
- Laid down
- 9 December 1936
- Launched
- 27 September 1938
- Commissioned
- 24 May 1939
- Decommissioned
- 31 July 1941
- Fate
- Scuttled on 3 May 1945 at 54 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,810 long tons (1,839 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,157 long tons (2,192 t)
- Length
- 89.31 m (293 ft) OA
- Beam
- 7.62 m (25 ft)
- Draught
- 4.88 m (16 ft)
- Speed
- 15.8 knots (29.2 km/h, 18.1 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 47
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Seal was a Grampus-class submarine submarine in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number N37. Chatham Dockyard laid her keel on 9 December 1936. Launched on 27 September 1938, she entered service on 24 May 1939.
Six ships of the class were built. The class followed the River-class submarine and was succeeded by the T class.
The boat displaced 1,810 long tons surfaced and 2,157 long tons submerged. She measured 89.3 m (293 ft) long with a beam of 7.6 m (25 ft). Her designed speed was 15.8 knots, and she carried a complement of 47.
Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns.
She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Seal. She then passed to the Kriegsmarine, serving as UB from 30 November 1940. She was in commission for 2,435 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 31 July 1941.
She was scuttled on 3 May 1945, at 54°22′N 10°11′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shaft
- 3300 hp (diesels)
- 1630 hp (electric)
- Armament
- 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (bow)
- 12 torpedoes
- 1 × 4 in/40 QF Mk XII deck gun
- 50 mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Seal (N37) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: British Official Photo — http://www.naval-history.net — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons