Seraph Crest

Medium Patrol Submarine

 

Type:
S Class

Third Group 1940 Programme.

Pennant No.:
ex P.219 - Renumbered July 1941.
ex P.69 - Renamed January 1943.

Laid Down:
16th August 1940.
Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness.

Commissioned:
10th June 1942.
Lt. N.L.A. Jewell.

Commander:
Feb. 1942 - Mar. 1944
Lt. N.L.A. Jewell.
Mar. 1944 - Aug. 1945
Lt. T.R. Walling.
June 1945
Lt. B.H.G.M. Baynham.
Aug. - Dec. 1945
Lt. J.M.C. Fenton DSC.
Dec. 1945 - May 1946
Lt. R.W. Garson.
May 1946
Lt. L.D. Hamlyn.
Aug. 1953
Lt. Cdr. K. Vause.
Apr. 1956
Lt. M.C. Henry.
Oct. 1957
Lt. R.J.F. Turner.
Jan. 1959
Lt. D.J.D. Strang.
Aug. 1961
Lt. R.N.M. Thompson.

Complement:
48
5 Officers and 43 Ratings.

Service Career:
1942
3rd Flotilla, HMS Forth, Holy Loch.
1942/1943
8th Flotilla, HMS Maidstone, Gibraltar.
1945
7th Flotilla, Rothesay.
1953
3rd Flotilla, HMS Montclare, Rothesay.
1955 - 1958
3rd Squadron, HMS Adamant, Rothesay.
1958 - 1960
3rd Squadron, HMS Adamant, Faslane.
1960 - 1962
5th Squadron, HMS Dolphin, Gosport.

Fate:
Seraphs illustrious and unusual career will be covered in more detail shortly.

Sold and scrapped, Briton Ferry, 20th December 1965.