HMS Seawolf (47S)

HMS "Seawolf" was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched November 28, 1935 and fought in World War II.

She had an eventful career after the outbreak of war. On October 6, 1939, she attacked the German light cruiser "Nürnberg" and the torpedo boat "Falke" in the Skagerrak ,but none of the targets were hit.

In April 1940, "Seawolf" sank the German merchant "Hamm", and in November, claimed to have sunk the German merchant "Bessheim". "Bessheim" was mined and sunk the previous day off Hammerfest, so "Seawolf" had probably attacked another merchant.

She was one of a number of submarines ordered to track the German battleship "Bismarck" before her eventual sinking.

On March 6 1942, "Seawolf" sighted the German battleship "Tirpitz", along with her escorting destroyers "Paul Jacobi", "Friedrich Ihn", "Hermann Schoemann" and "Z-25". The German ships had sailed from Trondheim, Norway with the intention of attacking convoy PQ-12.

HMS "Seawolf" arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1943 to help the Royal Canadian Navy in anti-submaine warfare training. [ [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3426.html HMS Seawolf] , Uboot.net]

She was sold for breaking up in November 1945 to Marine Industries, of Montreal.

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