HMS Sealion (N72)

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HMS Sealion (N72)
Royal Navy
HMS Sealion in December 1942
General data
Ship type : Submarine
Ship class : Shark class ( S class )
Navy : Royal Navy
Builder : Cammell Laird ( Birkenhead )
Keel laying : May 16, 1933
Launch : March 16, 1934
Commissioning: December 21, 1934
Whereabouts: Sunk on March 3, 1945 off the Isle of Arran as a sonar target .
Technical data
(see Shark class )

HMS Sealion (N72) was a British Royal Navy submarine during World War II .

history

The Sealion ( English : sea ​​lion ) belonged to the second subassembly of the successful S-Class . This lot is also known as the Shark class . She was laid down at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead on May 16, 1933 , launched on March 16, 1934, and entered service by the Royal Navy on December 21, 1934.

After the outbreak of World War II on September 1, 1939, the submarine was used in the North Sea .

On November 6, 1939, took Sealion on the Dogger Bank in position 55 ° 10 '  N , 2 ° 11'  O the German submarine U-21 success with six torpedoes at.

The British submarine was deployed off Norway in April 1940 after the German invasion of Denmark and Norway, known as Enterprise Weser Exercise . During the operations, two enemy transport units were sunk and a previously stranded ship was destroyed.

date Attacks and combat successes after the Weser Exercise company
April 11, 1940 The German transport ship August Leonhard (2593 BRT ) is sunk with torpedoes in the Skagerrak at position 56 ° 29 ′  N , 11 ° 43 ′  E.
May 6, 1940 HMS Sealion reaches 19 NM southwest of Vaderob (Norway) in position 58 ° 30 '  N , 10 ° 30'  O German transporter Moltke Rock (7862 BRT) to. All three torpedoes miss their target.
3rd July 1940 A German convoy was attacked unsuccessfully with six torpedoes off the Boknafjord (Norway) . The escort ships then cover the Sealion with depth charges .
July 8, 1940 The stranded German transporter Palime is torpedoed and destroyed off Obrestadt (Norway) . The freighter ran on June 5, 1940 on a sea ​​mine laid by the Porpoise-class sub-miner HMS Narwhal .
July 29, 1940 Southwest of Stavanger is U 62 at the position 58 ° 21 '  N , 4 ° 24'  O then first with torpedoes and with the deck gun attacked. The German submarine escapes unscathed.
4th August 1940 The Sealion sunk before the Homborsund in position 58 ° 17 '  N , 8 ° 38'  O Norwegian freighter Toran (3318 BRT).
August 6, 1940 Before Kristiansand on the position is 57 ° 51 '  N , 7 ° 24'  O the German transporter Cläre Stinnes (5295 BRT) unsuccessfully attacked with four torpedoes.

After the Franco-German armistice on June 22, 1940, the Sealion was no longer only used in the North Sea, but also in the Bay of Biscay . By the end of 1941, six more enemy ships could be sunk.

date Attacks and combat successes
February 5, 1941 The Norwegian freighter Ryfylke (1151 GRT) , which is under German control, is sunk off Honningsvåg .
May 30, 1941 In the Bay of Biscay, the German submarine U 74 was unsuccessfully attacked with six torpedoes at position 46 ° 58 '  N , 4 ° 12'  W.
July 7, 1941 The Sealion sinks the two French fishing vessels Gustav Eugene (120 GRT) and Gustav Jeanne with on-board artillery off Ouessant .
July 8, 1941 The French fishing vessel Christ Regant (28 GRT) is sunk with the deck gun off Ouessant .
July 9, 1941 The Sealion sinks the French fishing vessel St Pierre d'Alcantara (329 GRT) with artillery off Ouessant .
November 18, 1941 Before the Laksefjord on the position is 70 ° 57 '  N , 26 ° 50'  O Norwegian tanker Vesco sunk (331 BRT).
December 5, 1941 HMS Sealion sunk in position 71 ° 7 '  N , 27 ° 54'  O Norwegian freighter Iceland . (638 GRT)

The HMS Sealion was sunk on March 3, 1945 off the Isle of Arran as a sonar training target.

See also

Web links

Commons : British S-Class Submarines  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9 .
  • Robert Hutchinson: FIGHT UNDER WATER - Submarines from 1776 to the present day. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02585-X .
  • Anthony Preston: The History of the Submarines. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1998, ISBN 3-86070-697-7 .

Explanations and references

  1. ↑ HMS is the abbreviation for His / Her Majesty's Ship and the name prefix of British ships. HMS means His / Her Majesty's Ship .
  2. ↑ See Toran at www.warsailors.com/homefleet. (English)
  3. ↑ See Ryfylke at www.warsailors.com/homefleet. (English)
  4. ↑ See Vesco at www.warsailors.com/homefleet. (English)
  5. ↑ See Iceland at www.warsailors.com/homefleet. (English)