Sealion (N72)
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S Group 2 |
| Fate: | Used as a target in March 1945. |
Sealion (N72)
Sealion
Events
| 16-05-1933 : | Laid Down |
| 16-03-1934 : | Launched |
| 21-12-1934 : | Completed |
| 06-11-1939 : | HMS Sealion fires 6 torpedoes against the German submarine U-21 off the Dogger Bank. All torpedoes fired missed their target |
| 11-04-1940 : | HMS Sealion torpedoes and sinks the German merchant August Leonhard in the Skaggerak. |
| 06-05-1940 : | HMS Sealion attacks the German merchant Moltkefels with 3 torpedoes about 19 nautical miles south-west of Vaderob. However the torpedoes miss their target. |
| 03-07-1940 : | HMS Sealion fires 6 torpedoes against a German convoy off the Boknafjord, Norway. None of the torpedoes found it's target and Sealion was heavily depth charged following this failed attack. |
| 08-07-1940 : | HMS Sealion fires a torpedo at the beached wreck of the German merchant Palime off Obrestadt. The Palime was beached after hitting a mine on 5 June 1940 that was laid by HMS Narwhal. |
| 29-07-1940 : | HMS Sealion attacks the German submarine U-62 with torpedoes (that miss) and then with gunfire south-west of Stavanger, Norway. |
| 04-08-1940 : | HMS Sealion torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian merchant Toran off Homborsund, Norway. |
| 06-08-1940 : | HMS Sealion fires four torpedoes against the German merchant Clare Hugo Stinnes off Kristiansand, Norway. All torpedoes missed their target. |
| 05-02-1941 : | HMS Sealion sinks the (German controlled) Norwegian Ryfylke off Honningsvag, Norway. |
| 30-05-1941 : | HMS Sealion fires 6 torpedoes against the German submarine U-74 in the Bay of Biscay about 45 nautical miles south-west of Belle-Ile Island, France. All six torpedoes missed their target. |
| 07-07-1941 : | HMS Sealion sinks the French fishing vessels Gustav Eugene and Gustav Jeanne with gunfire off Ushant. |
| 08-07-1941 : | HMS Sealion sinks the French fishing vessel Christus Regnat with gunfire off Ushant. |
| 09-07-1941 : | HMS Sealion sinks the French fishing vessel St Pierre d'Alcantara with gunfire off Ushant. |
| 18-11-1941 : | HMS Sealion sinks the Norwegian tanker Vesco off the Laksefjord, Norway. |
| 05-12-1941 : | HMS Sealion torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian merchant Island north of Mehavn, Norway. |
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