HMS Seal

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkbp:armament mine-laying capability
6 bow torpedo tubes
1 4-inch deck gun
gptkbp:beam 24 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Chatham_Dockyard
gptkbp:capturedBy gptkb:Kriegsmarine
May 1940
gptkbp:class Grampus-class mine-laying submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 24 May 1939
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew 59
gptkbp:decommissioned August 1941
gptkbp:displacement 1,810 tons submerged
gptkbp:fate captured by Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Seal
gptkbp:launched 27 September 1938
gptkbp:length 293 ft
gptkbp:notableEvent only British submarine captured and commissioned into enemy service during WWII
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:UB
gptkbp:scrapped 1945
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_S-class_submarine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5