Sealion (N72)
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S Group 2 |
| Fate: | Used as a target in March 1945. |
Events
| 16-05-1933 : | Laid Down |
| 16-03-1934 : | Launched |
| 21-12-1934 : | Completed |
| 28-10-1939 : | Left Portsmouth on her first war patrol in the North Sea. |
| 06-11-1939 : | HMS Sealion fires 6 torpedoes against the German submarine U-21 off the Dogger Bank. All torpedoes fired missed their target. The enemy submarine surfaced and an attempt was made to engage her with the deck gun, but this proved impossible due to the heavy seas. |
| 11-04-1940 : | HMS Sealion had her first success with the sinking of the German merchant ship August Leonhardt off the Danish island of Anholt 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 attacked the German submarine U-62, first with torpedoes and then with her deck gun. Due to the wrong range having been entered by the sight-setter, the shells fell far short and U-62 dived and escaped. |
| 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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