| Build Group: | R |
| Fate: | Cancelled 28/8/1919 |
| 01-03-1917 | Laid Down |
| Length overall | 163 ft 9 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 410 tons (surface) |
| 503 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 150 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15 knots (design) |
| Surface 15 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9.5 knots (service) | |
| Endurance | Surface: 2000 miles at 9 knots (design) |
| Surface: 2400 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 15 miles at full power (design) | |
| Submerged: 15 miles at full power or 150 miles at 1.5 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 6 x 18 inch bow tubes (7 torpedoes carried) |
| Complement | 2 officers, 20 ratings. |
He was a trailblazer for what would become known as the American Century: Isaac Rice was a law professor, magazine publisher, industrial entrepreneur and a hell of a salesman and exactly 100 years ago he sailed to England and pulled off another big deal. He sold the Royal Navy its first submarine.
It was on a difficult and dangerous line-laying mission in the Kattegat that H.M. Submarine Seal was involved in one of the strangest, most frightening, and most heroically stirring episodes of the Second World War.
This is the full story, based on eyewitness accounts and official records, and told in dramatic detail by authors who were themselves submariners.
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| Length overall | 163 ft 9 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 410 tons (surface) |
| 503 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 150 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15 knots (design) |
| Surface 15 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9.5 knots (service) | |
| Endurance | Surface: 2000 miles at 9 knots (design) |
| Surface: 2400 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 15 miles at full power (design) | |
| Submerged: 15 miles at full power or 150 miles at 1.5 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 6 x 18 inch bow tubes (7 torpedoes carried) |
| Complement | 2 officers, 20 ratings. |
He was a trailblazer for what would become known as the American Century: Isaac Rice was a law professor, magazine publisher, industrial entrepreneur and a hell of a salesman and exactly 100 years ago he sailed to England and pulled off another big deal. He sold the Royal Navy its first submarine.
It was on a difficult and dangerous line-laying mission in the Kattegat that H.M. Submarine Seal was involved in one of the strangest, most frightening, and most heroically stirring episodes of the Second World War.
This is the full story, based on eyewitness accounts and official records, and told in dramatic detail by authors who were themselves submariners.
12 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
If you find this site useful, please consider supporting my work with a small Donation.
Please Note: Donations made using this option go directly to the site owner and not to the Submariners Association.
Thankyou for your support.

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