H.M.S. Sealion (1934)

H.M.S. Sealion (1934)
Builder:	Cammell Laird
Ordered:	1931 Programme
Launched:	16 Mar, 1934
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H.M.S. Sealion was one of sixty-two "S" Class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Sealion was commissioned for trials and service in the First Submarine Flotilla at Birkenhead on 22 September, 1934.

Captains

• Lieutenant-Commander Reginald R. Helbert, 3 May, 1934 – 15 January, 1935
• Lieutenant-Commander John P. Wisden, 19 July, 1935
• Lieutenant in Command Edward F. Pizey, 8 August, 1936
• Lieutenant-Commander Benjamin Bryant, 3 September, 1938 – 31 January, 1940
• Lieutenant-Commander Christopher H. Hutchinson, 31 January, 1940 – February, 1940
• Commander George W. G. Simpson, February, 1940 – late February, 1940
• Lieutenant-Commander Benjamin Bryant, late February, 1940 – 12 October, 1941
• Lieutenant in Command George R. Colvin, 12 October, 1941 – April, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command David S. McN. Verschoyle-Campbell, April, 1942 – July, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command Douglas Lambert, July, 1942 – 12 January, 1943
• Lieutenant in Command David S. McN. Verschoyle-Campbell, 12 January, 1943 – 17 March, 1943
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Norman J. Coe, 17 March, 1943 – 12 January, 1944
• Lieutenant in Command Charles A. J. Nicoll, 12 January, 1944 – 17 January, 1944
• Lieutenant-Commander John B. de B. Kershaw, 17 January, 1944 – late January, 1944^{[Fact Check]}
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Norman J. Coe, late January, 1944^{[Fact Check]} – 2 March, 1944
• Lieutenant in Command Peter E. Newstead, 2 March, 1944 – mid 1944
• Lieutenant in Command Roger M. Stafford, mid 1944 – 15 November, 1944  (expended as ASDIC target)

See Also

• Wikipedia