English Seal submarine (HMSM Seal) in 1939.
HMSM Seal, type Grampus. The construction began on December 9, 1936, was launched on September 27, 1938, accepted into the Royal Navy – May 24, 1939. Captured by the Nazis at sea on May 5, 1940, accepted into the kriegsmarine in spring 1941
Seal submarine used for propaganda purposes and for training German submariners. Withdrawn from the Kriegsmarine in the spring of 1943 and mothballed in Kiel. Flooded in May 1945.
Location: United Kingdom
Photo date: 1939