H 44

Built By:	Armstrong Whitworth (Tyne)
Build Group:	H21
Fate:	Scrapped in February 1945 at Troon.

1926:	Lieutenant	Reginald Robert Helbert
1927:	Lieutenant	Lancelot Milman Shadwell
1932:	Lieutenant Commander	Evelyn Seccombe Felton
1934:	Lieutenant	Rupert Philip Lonsdale
1935:	Lieutenant	John David Luce
1938:	Lieutenant	Alan George Luscombe Seale
1939:	Lieutenant Commander	Hugh Alfred Vernon Haggard
1940:	Lieutenant	John Symons Huddart
1940:	Lieutenant	Godfrey Paul Darling
1940:	Lieutenant	David Anthony Baily Adby
1940:	Lieutenant	Edward Dudley Norman
1940:	Lieutenant	Arthur Richard Hezlet
1941:	Lieutenant	John Samuel Stevens	DSC
1941:	Lieutenant	John Anthony Spender
1941:	Lieutenant	Alastair Campbell Gillespie Mars
1941:	Lieutenant	Walter Neville Ronald Knox	DSC
1942:	Lieutenant	John Paton Fyfe
1942:	Lieutenant	Ian Stewart McIntosh
1942:	Lieutenant	David Roger Oakeley Mott	DSC
1942:	Lieutenant	Laurence Edward Herrick	MID
1942:	Lieutenant	Reginald Peter Webb
1942:	Lieutenant	Stewart Armstrong Porter
1942:	Lieutenant	Charles Ernest Oxborrow
1943:	Lieutenant	Peter Scott Beal
1943:	Lieutenant	Henry Carty Gowan	MID
1943:	Lieutenant	Rawdon Bannar Martin	DSC
1943:	Lieutenant	Peter Scott Beal
1944:	Lieutenant	Roger Creswell Bucknall

19-02-1919	Launched

15-04-1920	Completed

21-06-1940	H44 torpedoed and sank the small Danish merchant Alfa off Texel, Netherlands. At 1750 hours H44 spotted a merchant ship of about 3000 tons at 4000 yards. At 1810 hours two torpedoes were fired from 3500 yards. One torpedo was seen to hit the target amidships three minutes after firing. Four of the crew of the Alfa died in the attack.

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Length overall	171 ft 9 inch
Beam	15 ft 9 inch
Depth	15 ft 4 inch
Displacement	438 tons (surface)
	504 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth	150 ft
Speed	Surface 13 knots (design)
	Surface 11.5 knots (service)
	Submerged 10 to 10.5 knots (design)
	Submerged 9 knots (service)
No. of shafts	2
Armament	4 x 21 inch bow tubes (6 torpedoes carried)
Endurance	Surface: 2000 miles at full power (design)
	Surface: 1100 miles at full power or 1600 miles at 10 knots (service)
	Submerged: 70 miles at 3 knots (design)
	Submerged: 9 miles at 8 knots or 34 miles at 3.5 knots (service)
Complement	22

Class:	1902 - 1920: A Class
Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	A2
Fate:
A5 was involved in an explosion at Queenstown, Ireland, on 16th February 1905 whilst berthed alongside the tender HMS Hazard, where five crew members were killed. The explosion was caused by a leak in the petrol pump, when the engine was started up to ventilate the submarine it caused the fumes to explode. Broken up in 1920 at Portsmouth Dockyard.

Class:	1930 - 1946: Grampus Class
Built By:	Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group:	G2
Fate:
Seal had been detailed to conduct a mine-lay in the Kattegat. Following the mine-lay the submarine was disabled and was un-manoeuvrable after accidentally hitting a mine. The Crew were forced to surrender to German Air and Surface forces. Although attempts were made to scuttle the Submarine Seal was salvaged by the German Navy who tried unsuccessfully to operate.

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